UZHITSE (also written Uzice and Ushitsa)  , the capital of the Uzhitse department of Servia . As implied by its name, which may be translated " the narrow places," Uzhitse is built in a narrow and lonely glen amongst the south-western moun- t Perhaps a mistake or an abbreviation for Aram.tains, 1385 ft. above the sea . The surrounding heights, though rugged and barren, produce some of the finest Servian tobacco . Weaving is taught in the girls' school, and fairs are held for the sale of farm produce; but the absence of a railway and the badness of the roads retard commerce . Uzhitse possesses a court of first instance and a prefecture . Despite the prevailing poverty, it has also a real-school with good buildings, founded in 1865, and attended by about 30o pupils in 1900 . The houses in Uzhitse are quite unlike those of more prosperous Servian towns, being tall, narrow structures of timber, frequently blackened by the damp . Pop . (1900) about 7000 . Early in the 13th century Uzhitse was the seat of St Sava, the first archbishop,' and the patron saint of Servia . The archbishopric was soon removed to Ipek, in Old Servia; but after the Turkish garrison had been expelled in 1862 the city became once more the head of a diocese . At Arilye, 13 M .

E.S.E., there is a 13th-century

church, dedicated to St Aril, who, according to tradition, was martyred in the 9th century by unconverted Serbs . On the Bosnian frontier, 15 M . W. by N., are the mineral springs of Bayina Bashta (i.e . " the Garden Bath "), with Racha monastery close by; and in the neighbourhood is Dobrinye, the home of the Obrenovich family, with a church built by Milosh Obrenovich, called " the Liberator of Servia " (1818-1839) .