The Land of the Black Mountain - The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro by Gerald Prance;Reginald Wyon
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CHAPTER XI
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 Montenegrin _quart d'heure_--Arrival in KolaÅ¡in--We meet the Governor--Visiting--The Band of Good Hope--The Crown Prince's birthday--We are ashamed CHAPTER XII Montenegro's oldest building--The ride to the MoraÄa Monastery--A perilous bridge and ascent--The Abbot's tale--We inspect the Monastery--The health of the King is drunk--The relative merits of Boers and Montenegrins--The Abbot makes us presents--We visit a peasant's house and a Homeric feast--A feu-de-joie--Departure from KolaÅ¡in--We are mistaken for doctors again--Raskrsnica CHAPTER XIII 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--Andrijevica and our inn--The Voivoda--We go to church--Turkish visitors--Alarums CHAPTER XIV The Voivoda's invitation--Concerning an episode on our ride to |
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