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SKETCH MAP OF FAST COAST OF ADRIATIC SEA 



climb up the mountain wall to Montene- 

 gro or the "Black Mountain." Cattaro 

 is the natural port for Montenegro, but is 

 jealously guarded by Austria, and it was 

 not until we had ascended for more than 

 an hour that we came to the striped black 

 and yellow post that marks the boundary. 

 Our driver stopped to water the horses, 

 to collect his revolver (left at a wayside 

 hut, as it is forbidden to carry weapons 

 over the border), and pointed to his 

 native crags above, saying proudly, 

 "Crnagora." We turned for a last look 

 at the superb view spread out below us, 

 the sea shimmering in the distance, and 

 at our feet the land-locked Bocche 

 guarded by the mighty Orjen and the 

 peaks of Herzogovina to the north and 

 west. 



We reached Njegus by the waning 

 light. This our first Montenegrin town 

 was the birthplace of the prince, and is a 

 village with one wide street and small, 

 low stone houses. Wherever there is 

 sufficient space little patches of vegetables 

 are cultivated in a series of stone terraces, 

 built to keep the precious soil from being 

 swept away by the heavy rains. These 

 little garden plats give a curiously 

 checker-board aspect to the valleys and 

 hillsides in contrast to the wastes of rocks 

 above. 



From Njegus we climbed steadily up 

 through the same dreary crags, even more 

 solitary and impressive in the moonlight, 

 and reached the top of the pass (3,5°° 

 feet), from which Cettinje can be seen 

 in the daylight. Scarce a trace of habi- 



