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423 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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Foreign Literature.
that lo windows opholes I entere were to fire d similarl throug I noticed y h furnished in that case of the , thoug an doorway attack h the was on house the provided door had , and on not each the the doors side slightest with and _,
pomegranates resemblance to , and a feudal the rooms castle were , for spacious it was , lig embowered ht , and airy in vines . The , olives master , and of the housea rich ship ownercame to meet us in his handsome national
costume of , black silk and silver , , aifd after having shewn us from a balcony the had the and back beautiful made especiall of the corresponding y view a house small over . cannon He the had opening ' that Bocca placed he in , ' the it had took there wall planted us in of to the the see in unquiet room his a handsome collection which year , lay 1848 of room on arm , and the at s ,
side of the a Montenegrin mountains ; and he did not seem at , all inclined to remove it . Besides this piece of artillery , he had not in the house in two dozen
musketsand abundance of swords and pistols , put away a corner , warning but hang , . ing In about the most on every ordinary wall times , so as it to is be thoug ready ht for quite use indispensable at a moment to ' s takes to be
accounts absent have armed as and little men correspondence as in possible the house , , and or , going and may the in mo and stl owner y out be , found generall and up either y and busy down care with , giving his the master
these every villages part of there his property is , as may in be turn supposed the benefit , little of or " nothing of what ' s eye we . " call In hour door of social dail , is y recreation and made life . soon fast Every , after with nor member is large sunset there heavy , of any the the kind bars stre famil ets of y club are must silent or be casino within and , desolate to doors vary , the at and an routine every early
. which inhabitants ' * When keeps Montenegro of guard the house till is midni are in a generall disturbed htand y divided the state other , as into it till very two morning frequentl watches . , y In is one , this the of
martial condition of affairs even g the , women learn to defend themselves upon occasionand we were told of a case in which a ship ' s Captain had made a
He desperate sitting , resistance quietl , with with no them other one help evening than that when of his he wife thoug and ht daug he hters heard .
was y , The some answer noise in was his the garden whistle , and of going two or to three the window bullets asked which who shattered was there the . he of rather
troop panes of of Montenegrins glass , and by the who flash were caught making a preparations glimpse a to break numerous his
door . He drew back , instantly and informed the horror-struck women open that there must be a fight for lifeand that they too must arm themselves , and
time do " what As lost the they in fire that could -arms way . in ; so a Dobrota the li , ghts house were are immediatel always kept y extinguished loaded , there , and was the no windowswhile the down to the
house Women door posted to meet themselves his enemies by the taking with , him half man a dozen sprang pistols . Some of the assailants were now hammering , at the door , and others dashing h it resisted great
for stones some against time . if At to last break however it in , but a hole as it was was made of considerable , through streng which one , two , three Montenegrins burst in . But shot the th Captain after was another now ready for forced them
with his istolsand instantly em one as they their and drew way p back throug a , h little the to hole consider . This and the at rest that of moment the party the thoug ladies ht sent awkward down ,
military with amongst a panic p them atrol took was such to fli coming a ght volley just to as as their the they , noise assistance could had muster aroused . The , the C and apt village ain the and robbers , and his a famil strong seized y
within were , however the fortifications , obliged to of Cattaro leave their as the pretty mountaineers country house had , sworn and go vengeance and live , against The them heroic for qualities their three thus slain occasionall companions developed . by the women of these
districts " do not prevent their holding a very y inferior position in society , and , atched their Oriental
being almost as secluded and jealously was among
423 Notices Of Books.
423 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1858, page 423, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081858/page/63/
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