The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro

Baden-Powell (R.S.S.), Major-General. THE DOWNFALL OF PREMPEH. A Diary of Life in Ashanti, 1895. With 21 Illustrations and a Map. _Third Edition. Large Crown 8vo. 6s._ A Colonia...

Stephan our servant--Virpazar--The drive over the Sutormann Pass--Antivari and Prstan--The beauty of the bay--We are delayed by contrary winds--We are rowed to Dulcigno--We make...

We leave Andrijevica--Our additional escort--The arrival at our camping-place--In an enemy's country--The story of one Gjolic--Our slumbers are disturbed--Sunrise on the Alps--W...

The Club and its members--Gugga--Irregularities of time--The absence of the gentle muse and our surprise--The musician's story and his subsequent fate--The Black Earth--A typica...

BARABBAS: A DREAM OF THE WORLD'S TRAGEDY. _Fortieth Edition._ 'The tender reverence of the treatment and the imaginative beauty of the writing have reconciled us to the daring o...

Montenegro's oldest building--The ride to the Moraca Monastery--A perilous bridge and ascent--The Abbot's tale--We inspect the monastery--The health of the King is drunk--The re...

The district which corresponds most nearly to Montenegro of the present day comes first into notice when the Romans attacked Queen Teuta and drove her back beyond the modern Pod...

Medun--Voivoda Marko--His life and heroism--His part in Montenegrin history--Our ride to Medun--His widow--We visit his grave--The death dirge--Montenegrin customs at death--Tar...

A modern hero, and our sojourn under his roof--Keco's story--The laws of Vendetta and their incongruity--We return to Podgorica--The Montenegrin telephone--An elopement causes e...

S. Vasili and Ostrog--Our drive thither--Joyful pilgrims--Varied costumes--We meet the Vladika of Montenegro--The ordeal of hot coffee--A real pilgrimage--The shrine of S. Vasil...

The Voivoda's invitation--Concerning an episode on our ride to Velika--The fugitive from a blood-feud and his story--We arrive at Velika--The men of Velika--The menu--Border jur...

We ride to Scutari--The Albanian Customs officials--We suffer much from Turkish saddles--Arrival at Scutari, and again pass the Customs--"Buon arrivato"--Scutari and its religio...

Achmet Uiko tells his story--Sokol Baco, ex-Albanian chief--Shooting on the Lake of Scutari--Our journey thither--Our frustrated nap--Arrival at the chapel--The island of Vranji...

Montenegro's geographical position--Character of the people--Their honesty, patriotism, and love of arms--Likeness to the Homeric Greeks--The women--Montenegrin manners, vices,...

A typical mountain hut--Costume of the north-eastern borderers--Supper and a song--We go out hunting, and cause excitement--The Feast of Honour--We ride to Andrijevica--Andrijev...

Podgorica--Its central position--Our headquarters--Easter in Montenegro--Our experience of it--We view the town--The prison and its inmates--Christian and Mahometan friction--Th...

Preparations for our tour in the Brda--We start--Where it is not good to be giddy--A trying ride--Our inn--Nocturnal episodes--The journey continued--Pleasant surroundings--The...

Unfortunately for the country, the tourist usually contents himself with a look round the little capital and returns the way he came to Cattaro, only a few prolonging the tour _...

Our path lay for two hours over a rocky and barren country similar to the naked Katunska district round Cetinje. Gone were the rich green pasturages and wooded valleys in exchan...

The Law Court in Cetinje is distinctly quaint. All civil cases are conducted in public, and the method of procedure is simplicity itself.[9] Firstly there are no lawyers and no...

The simplest way of entering the Land of the Black Mountain is _via_ Cattaro in Dalmatia. The sea-trip from Trieste, which takes a little over twenty-four hours, is a revelation...

The drive from Cetinje to Rijeka, and from thence till the final descent to Podgorica, is quite as fine as any other part of Montenegro. For about twenty minutes after leaving C...

We have said that there are not many stirring events happening in Cetinje. But this was due to the fact that we had only a very superficial knowledge of the town. To appreciate...

"What a terrible country!" said a lady tourist to me once in Cetinje, "nothing but barren grey rocks; and what poverty! I declare I shan't breathe freely till I am out of it aga...

We ride to Scutari--The Albanian Customs officials--We suffer much from Turkish saddles--Arrival at Scutari, and again pass the Customs--"Buon arrivato"--Scutari and its religio...

Montenegro's oldest building--The ride to the Moraca Monastery--A perilous bridge and ascent--The Abbot's tale--We inspect the Monastery--The health of the King is drunk--The re...

We leave Andrijevica--Our additional escort--The arrival at our camping-place--In an enemy's country--The story of one Gjolic--Our slumbers are disturbed--Sunrise on the Alps--W...

Medun--Voivoda Marko--His life and business--His part in Montenegrin history--Our ride to Medun--His widow--We visit his grave--The Death Dirge--Montenegrin customs at death--Ta...

Stephan our servant--Virpazar--The drive over the Sutormann Pass--Antivari and Prstan--The beauty of the bay--We are delayed by contrary winds--We are rowed to Dulcigno--We make...

Preparations for our tour in the Brda--We start--Where it is not good to be giddy--A trying ride--Our inn--Nocturnal episodes--The journey continued--Pleasant surroundings--The...

The Club and its members--Gugga--Irregularities of time--The absence of the gentle muse and our surprise--The musician's story and his subsequent fate--The Black Earth--A typica...

S. Vasili and Ostrog--Our drive thither--Joyful pilgrims--Varied costumes--We meet the Vladika of Montenegro--The ordeal of hot coffee--A real pilgrimage--The shrine of S. Vasil...

Podgorica--Its central position--Our headquarters--Easter in Montenegro--Our experience of it--We view the town--The prison and its inmates--Christian and Mahometan friction--Th...

Montenegro's geographical position--Character of the people--Their honesty, patriotism, and love of arms--Likeness to the Homeric Greeks--The women--Montenegrin manners, vices,...

A modern hero, and our sojourn under his roof--Keco's story--The laws of vendetta and their incongruity--We return to Podgorica--The Montenegrin telephone--An elopement causes e...

A typical mountain hut--Costume of the north-eastern borderers--Supper and a song--We go out hunting, and cause excitement--The Feast of Honour--We ride to Andrijevica--Andrijev...

Achmet Uiko tells his story--Sokol Baco, ex-Albanian chief--Shooting on the Lake of Scutari--Our journey thither--Our frustrated nap--Arrival at the chapel--The island of Vranji...

The Voivoda's invitation--Concerning an episode on our ride to Velika--The fugitive from a blood-feud and his story--We arrive at Velika--The men of Velika--The menu--Border jur...