Peasant Women leaving their Village 260

Serb Family by the Roadside 260

The Flight of Serbia 266

Unloading the _Benedetto_, San Giovanni di Medua 364

Route Map of the Authors' Wanderings _At end of text_




THE LUCK OF THIRTEEN




INTRODUCTION


It is curious to follow anything right back to its inception, and to
discover from what extraordinary causes results are due. It is strange,
for instance, to find that the luck of the thirteen began right back at
the time when Jan, motoring back from Uzhitze down the valley of the
Morava, coming fastish round a corner, plumped right up to the axle in a
slough of clinging wet sandy mud. The car almost shrugged its shoulders
as it settled down, and would have said, if cars could speak, "Well,
what are you going to do about that, eh?" It was about the 264th mud
hole in which Jan's motor had stuck, and we sat down to wait for the