I think our Kara
Georg must also have been born about that time."
_Natch_. "Is Gospody Wellington still in service?"
_Author_. "Yes; he is commander-in-chief."
_Natch_. "Well, God grant that his sons, and his sons' sons, may
render as great services to the nation."
Our conversation was prolonged to a late hour in the evening, in which
a variety of anecdotes were related of the ingenious methods employed
by Milosh to fill his coffers as rapidly as possible.
Mine host, taking a candle, then led me to my bedroom, a small
carpeted apartment, with a German bed; the coverlet was of green
satin, quilted, and the sheets were clean and fragrant; and I
observed, that they were striped with an alternate fine and coarse
woof.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 2: The capital of Bosnia, a large and beautiful city, which
is often called the Damascus of the North.]
[Footnote 3: In this part of Turkey in Europe robbers, as well as
rebels, are called Haiducks: like the caterans of the Highlands of
Scotland, they were merely held to be persons at war with the
authority: and in the Servian revolution, patriots, rebels, and
robbers, were confounded in the common term of Haiducks.
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