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steamer lines in the Adriatic, for example, the 

 captains, and generally several of the officers, speak 

 English. In fact, unless they can speak English, 

 French, and German, as well as Italian, there is 

 no chance of their obtaining a captain's certificate — 

 this being one of the rules of the Austrian- Lloyd 

 Company. But once off the steamer English is 

 perfectly useless until Corfu is reached. This, of 

 course, belonged to England for many years until 

 restored to Greece some thirty years ago. And 

 jn some of the small south Albanian ports opposite 

 Corfu, where English sportsmen go regularly for 

 Woodcock and Wild Boar shooting, doubtless some 

 English might be understood by the natives. 



German is the official language from Trieste to 

 Cattaro, the southernmost port of Dalmatia being 

 that country under the sway of Austria. Indeed, 

 there is great rivalry between Austria and Italy, not 

 only in language, but in politics and trade. Each 

 country is doing all it can to push its own trade, its 

 own influence, and its own language to the front. 

 Both countries, and, in a lesser degree, Greece also, 

 are undoubtedly looking forward to the time when 

 the Turk shall be pushed back still farther south, 

 and are preparing by all the means in their power 

 to step into the vacant territory. 



Montenegro, with its own ambitions of a Servian 

 kingdom, has so far preserved its independence, but 



