The Slavs of the war zone . ut further ado, to deposittheir lean, sinewy, verminous, odoriferous persons in the warmestspot before the fire, draw out and hght their stinking black pipes,and in every way make themselves comfortable, darting from timeto time sly glances at their surroundings from under their mattedelf-locks. These Tsiganes, though held in more contempt by the in-dustrious Serbs than by the majority of the Slav peoples, play,nevertheless, an indispensable part in the life of the meets them in every lonely mountain pass, on every plain,in every market. Their brown tents
The Slavs of the war zone . ut further ado, to deposittheir lean, sinewy, verminous, odoriferous persons in the warmestspot before the fire, draw out and hght their stinking black pipes,and in every way make themselves comfortable, darting from timeto time sly glances at their surroundings from under their mattedelf-locks. These Tsiganes, though held in more contempt by the in-dustrious Serbs than by the majority of the Slav peoples, play,nevertheless, an indispensable part in the life of the meets them in every lonely mountain pass, on every plain,in every market. Their brown tents are pitched outside everyvillage ; every large Serbian town has its Tsigane quarter. Withthat mysterious, subtle, arrogant grace, which is their character-istic, they journey from place to place, begging, steaMng, tellinglies and telling fortunes, beguiUng souls with their music; andno matter how strongly the Serbian peasantry may disapproveof them and their parasitical ways, hke all Slavs, they are underthe Tsigane A Bosnian Farm House.
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