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

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THE LAND OF
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN

THE ADVENTURES OF TWO ENGLISHMEN
IN MONTENEGRO

 

 

BY

REGINALD WYON and GERALD PRANCE

 

WITH FIFTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS

 

 

"SOME GLIMPSING AND NO PERFECT SIGHT"

CHAUCER

 

 

NEW AND CHEAPER ISSUE

 

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

 

First Published March 1903
New and Cheaper Issue 1905

 

 

DEDICATED BY KIND PERMISSION

TO

H.R.H. PRINCE NICOLAS

OF MONTENEGRO

 

 

CONTENTS

      Pages
       
Introduction     xiii-xviii
CHAPTER I      
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, heroism, lack of privacy, police—Goodness of the Prince—The national costume—Religion—Hatred of Austria—Russia's friendship     1-14
       
CHAPTER II      
History from first conquest by the Romans, 300 b.c., down to the present Prince—Fruits of the last campaign—Education—The military system—Legal administration—Crime—Government—The educated classes     15-30
       
CHAPTER III      
The journey to Montenegro—Arrival in Cattaro—Beauty of the Bocche, and the drive to the frontier—First impressions of Montenegro—Njeguši—The national troubadours—Arrival in Cetinje     31-41
       
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     42-54
       
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 Morača—The Vizier bridge—Old war-marks—First and last impressions of Podgorica     55-64
       
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     65-78
       
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 Spuž—A typical country inn and a meal—The Turkish renegade gives his views on warfare—Dioclea     79-94
       
CHAPTER VIII      
Achmet Uiko tells his story—Sokol Baćo, 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     95-108
       
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