The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro

Two English travellers record a tour through Montenegro that mixes vivid landscape description with episodic encounters in towns, villages and mountain passes. The narrative interleaves concise historical sketches and portraits of political and religious figures to explain local loyalties and rivalries. Detailed attention is given to customs, costume, faith, markets, barracks and prisons, and to celebrations and rites such as Easter and funerary songs. Hunting, fishing and shooting excursions, hospitality from shepherds and innkeepers, and conversations with soldiers, officials and local leaders produce a lively, ground-level ethnographic account tempered by reflections on law, violence, and everyday life.