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KOROSKO AND THE DERVISHES. 233
look-out station, where several soldiers were posted day and night to watch the
pass to Murat Wells. The Dervishes were known to be in the vicinity, and the
troops lay down every night in their clothes. Next year the Dervishes were
driven hundreds of miles further south, and there is now no fear of an attack ;
but when I was there the town and small garrison of Korosko were in con-
stant dread. The Dervishes had spread terror everywhere, and there were not
enough troops to resist them had they penetrated thus far.
We seemed to look down into the cantonment as if from a balloon. The
cultivated fields round the little town were like a huge chessboard—patches of
brown and green. The barracks began to smoke with the preparations for the
KOROSKO, THiRTY YEARS AGO. {From a Painting by
morning meal, and the drill ground was occupied by the soldiers going through
their exercises in the cool morning air. We heard the bugles sounding faintly
far below us. Then the sun was blazing in full strength, and we came down
from our coign of vantage, reached our steamer just in time for breakfast,
and pursued our journey up the river merrily.
One of our party who had been too lazy to ascend the hill had bought
a chameleon from a boy, and thenceforward this amusing little beast was a
great source of interest and occupation for idle moments. I am afraid it was
the cause of betting and its accompanying errors, for many arguments and
disputes as to its next change of hue were settled by these objectionable
practices. The owner of the queer creature constantly asserted that in his
look-out station, where several soldiers were posted day and night to watch the
pass to Murat Wells. The Dervishes were known to be in the vicinity, and the
troops lay down every night in their clothes. Next year the Dervishes were
driven hundreds of miles further south, and there is now no fear of an attack ;
but when I was there the town and small garrison of Korosko were in con-
stant dread. The Dervishes had spread terror everywhere, and there were not
enough troops to resist them had they penetrated thus far.
We seemed to look down into the cantonment as if from a balloon. The
cultivated fields round the little town were like a huge chessboard—patches of
brown and green. The barracks began to smoke with the preparations for the
KOROSKO, THiRTY YEARS AGO. {From a Painting by
morning meal, and the drill ground was occupied by the soldiers going through
their exercises in the cool morning air. We heard the bugles sounding faintly
far below us. Then the sun was blazing in full strength, and we came down
from our coign of vantage, reached our steamer just in time for breakfast,
and pursued our journey up the river merrily.
One of our party who had been too lazy to ascend the hill had bought
a chameleon from a boy, and thenceforward this amusing little beast was a
great source of interest and occupation for idle moments. I am afraid it was
the cause of betting and its accompanying errors, for many arguments and
disputes as to its next change of hue were settled by these objectionable
practices. The owner of the queer creature constantly asserted that in his