G. Muir Mackenzie
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 382
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Excerpt from Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, Vol. 2 of 2 The first part of our way climbed a green hill Haila in full View before us, behind the forest-glen Of the Ihar. After a while we came to a spring Of water, surrounded by a grove Of trees; the uzbashi told us that at this spot the Mahommedan women from both Sides Of the mountain meet on the first day of summer, to drink the water and deck themselves with owers. After this the path ran along the mountain Side, and became so narrow and slippery that the guards could not keep to it, but dispersed on all sides, cutting their way through the fragrant pasture. Picturesque fellow travellers, this troop of thirty men - the only living creatures to be seen in the solitude; their garments, white and crimson, brushing the high grass, their arms ashing in the sunlight and ringing through the Silence of the hills. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."