ABSTRACT
NEXT morning-a beautiful day, by the way-I proceeded to look out for a place in which to camp. It was obvious that the marshy country by the river was utterly unsuitable for pitching the tent on, so I turned to the higher ground. The difficulty, however, was this, that the Dalmatian hills here, as almost everywhere else, were waterless. Let me try to give the reader an idea of the country. Roughly speaking, Opuzen, to give the place its Slav name, is the centre of a circle of bare hills enclosing an immense swamp. Besides the main and navigable river, there are other streams, which meet close to the village somewhat in the shape of a~. The lower line represents the steamer channel. At right angles to this runs the little N arenta, trending off to the right. This is not an affiuent, but a secondary mouth, and runs into the sea near Oke. A furlong to the south of the little town it is swelled by a deep stream-the left-hand line-which is made up of three or four more which drain the eastern marsh.
