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ro--Njegusi--The national troubadours--Arrival in Cetinje CHAPTER IV Cetinje and its sights--Prince Nicolas--The Archbishop--The barracks--The princes--A visit to the prison and its system--Our departure for Podgorica CHAPTER V The view from Bella Vista--New scenery--Promiscuous shooting--The market in Rijeka--The shepherds--Their flocks--Wayside hospitality--The plain of the Zeta--The Moraca--The Vizier bridge--Old war-marks--First and last impressions of Podgorica CHAPTER VI 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--The modern town--The market and the armed buyers--The Black Earth--Easter customs--Montenegrin methods of doing business CHAPTER VII 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--Target practice--Our critics--The hermit of Daibabe--We visit Spuz--A typical country inn and a meal--The Turkish renegade gives his views on warfare--Dioclea CHAPTER VIII 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 Vranjina--The priest--Fishing and fishermen--Our visitors--We return to Podgorica CHAPTER IX 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 the acquaintance of Marko Ivankovic--A story concerning him--We shoot together--An episode on a lake--Vaccination--The Turkish inhabitants CHAPTER X 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 religious troubles--The town and bazaar--A slight misunderstanding, Yes and No--We return to Rijeka by steamer--The beauties of the trip--Wrong change--The prodigal son's return, when the fatted calf is _not_ killed 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 Kolasin--We meet the Governor--Visiting--The Band of Good Ho
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