Descriptive Portraiture of Europe in Storm And Calm;
The book Descriptive Portraiture of Europe in Storm And Calm; was written by author King, Edward, 1848-1896 Here you can read free online of Descriptive Portraiture of Europe in Storm And Calm; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Descriptive Portraiture of Europe in Storm And Calm; a good or bad book?
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The lane teiminated abruptly on a ledge from which we looked down into a cup set in the hills, and guarded on every hand b}' a succession of rolling valleys filled with jagged masses of stone. In this deep, cup-shaped space a laige number of little camp-fires were burn- ing, and flitting to and fro among them we could see stalwart men armed to the teeth. A loud hum, the echo of the noisy conversation around the fires, drifted up to our ears. Here and there, where the flame burned out brightly, ...we could see small, ugly, black cottages. Away off among the rocks we heard the monotonous refrain of a song, doubt- less sung by some warrior, who in halt- ing rhythm was celebrating his exploits of the past week or of the day. The transition from the solemn and awful calm of the Herzegovinan high- lands — the calm which wc had felt with such teiTific force just as the curtain of darkness was finally drawn — to this half- Digitized by Google EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. 683 joyoas, half-savage yiyapity of the camp and the village, was almost repulsive.
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