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Taking the situation as a whole, the Montenegrins must be

pronounced to have done exceedingly well in their first week's fighting, though we admit that the loss of 7,000 Turkish prisoners is not really a very serious matter and will not greatly disturb the Turks, who do not suffer from "nerves" like European populations. In this context we must not forget a very picturesque fact noted by Miss Durham in Friday's Daily Chronicle. She tells us that a naval combat took place on Lake Scutari between Montenegrin and Turkish steamers, which resulted in the retreat of the Turkish boat. That recalls Garibaldi's battles on Lake Como, in which the Lariano,' the steamer sung by Tennyson in "The Daisy," was engaged.

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