CHAPTER XIV.. Return to Gasko--Thunderstorm--Attacked by Rebels--Enemy

Return to Gasko--Thunderstorm--Attacked by Rebels--Enemy repulsed--Retrograde Movement--Eventful Night--Turkish Soldiers murdered--Montenegrin Envoy--Coal-Pit--Entrenched Camp assaulted--Return of Omer Pacha to Mostar--Distinctive Character of Mahometan Religion--Naval Reorganisation-- Military Uniforms--Return to Mostar--Dervisch Bey--Zaloum-- Express Courier--Giovanni--Nevresign--Fortified Barrack-- Mostar--Magazine--Barracks--Wooden Block-houses--European Commission--Tour of the Grand Vizier--Enquiry into Christian Grievances--Real Causes of Complaint--Forcible Abduction of Christian Girls--Prince Gortschakoff's Charges--The Meredits--Instincts of Race 190--214