ascends in windings to the top of the (13 M.) Semeć Planina
(4285 ft.; gendarmerie station; night-quarters), and descends thence
through a hilly and wooded region, past Han Pešurič, to (26 1/2 M.)
Rogatica ( 1775 ft.; Kaiser von Oesterreich; pop. 2000), a small town
on the Rakitnica, about 23 M. to the N. of Goražda (p. 438).
To SARÁJEVO (47 M.; carr. in 14-16 hrs., 24-28 K.) the road
ascends past Kovanj in about 3 hrs. to Han Kapić (3090 ft.), on
the Ivan Polje, and crosses the lofty plain of Glasinac (numerous
prehistoric tumuli) to the (19 M.) Han pod Romanjom (2848 ft.;
fortified camp; inn). It then crosses the Romanja Planina (a table-
land, used as a pasture) to the Han na Romanji and Franz-Josefs-
Karaula (4534 ft.), the highest point on the route, then winds
down to (31 1/2 M.) Mokro (3360 ft.; Spitzer's Inn), a pleasantly
situated little town, and descends the valley of the Miljačka to
(47 M.) Sarájevo.
88. From (Agram) Doberlin viâ Novi to Banjaluka
and viâ Travnik to Sarájevo.
Military Railway to Banjaluka, 68 M., in 4 1/4 hrs.; fares 8 K. 80,
6 K. 60, 4 K. 40 h. From Banjaluka to Jajce, 45 1/2 M., diligence daily
in 7 3/4 hrs. (6 K.); carr. 28-30 K.—From Jajce to Lašva, 58 1/2 M., railway
in 5 1/2 hrs. (7 K. 52, 5 K. 64, 3 K. 76 h.); thence by rail in 2 1/2 hrs. to
Sarájevo.
Doberlin (Rail. Restaurant), see p. 397. The line follows the
right bank of the Una.—9 M. Bosnisch-Novi (391 ft.; Rail.
Restaurant; Hôtel Novi; pop. 3500), the first Bosnian town, on
the Una, above the influx of the Sana.
From Novy to Ogulin, a highly attractive excursion of 3 days by
carriage, the nights being spent at Krupa and at the Plitvica Lake (carr.
and pair from Novi to Bihač, 12-14 K.; from Bihač to Ogulin, 63 1/2 M. in
12-13 hrs., 28-34 K.). A diligence also plies daily in 8 1/2 hrs. from Novi to
Bihač (6 K.).—The road leads through the pretty wooded valley of the
Una viâ (14 M.) Otoka, beyond which are mills on the river, to (21 M.)
Krupa (525 ft.), with its ruined castle, and then winds up the slope of the
Debeli Oklinjak (to the left) to the Drenovo Pass ( 1580 ft.), beyond which it
descends, with a fine view of the Plješevica (5410 ft.), to (40 M.) Bihač
(740 ft.; Kaiser von Oesterreich; pop. 6000), a district town on the Una. The
Fethija Mosque, originally a Gothic church, was converted to its present
use on the capture of the town by the Turks in 1592. The interesting ruin
of Sokolac lies 4 1/2 M. to the S.E. At Ripač is a prehistoric lake-dwelling.—
From Bihač the road ascends in serpentines viâ žegar, a military post, and,
passing a monument to soldiers who fell in 1878 (behind us, the ruin of
Sokolac, see above), to (3 M.) Zavalje ( 1385 ft.), the first Croatian. village,
with an abandoned frontier-post. We then skirt the E. verge of the
plateu it of Plješevica to the N.W. to (13 1/2 M.) Petrovoselo (1210 ft.), and
ascend in windings towards the S.W. to Priboj (2200 ft.). Here we diverge
to the right from the road in order to visit the (25 M.) beautiful Plitvica
Lakes (p. 398). Thence to Ogulin, see p. 397.
The train turns to the W. into the valley of the Sana.—
28 1/2 M. Prjedor (440 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Kaiser von Oesterreich),
a district town (pop. 5000).