. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. , or Russians, and their country Zemlya Rus, or Russian have many qualities that are admirable, being vigorous and in-dustrious, lovers of freedom, as well as preserving a strong good or ill, they have no aristocracy. The Duchy of Bukowina is a special meeting-place of races, forMixture of ^^ includes witliin it, besides Ruthenians, Poles, and Czech
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. , or Russians, and their country Zemlya Rus, or Russian have many qualities that are admirable, being vigorous and in-dustrious, lovers of freedom, as well as preserving a strong good or ill, they have no aristocracy. The Duchy of Bukowina is a special meeting-place of races, forMixture of ^^ includes witliin it, besides Ruthenians, Poles, and Czechs, races in numerous Germans, Roumanians, Magyars, Jews, and Ar-Bukowina. 7 7 j menians. The Slavs of Croatia, Slavonia, and the military frontier are Roman Catholics, and most of them are properly designated Slovenians. In Slovenians Cariiitliia and Carniola the same people have been rapidly of Croatia, gaining ground. Many of these are designated Wends. Marburg itself is almost entirely Slovenised. Agram, the capital of Croatia, is a typical Sloven city; and in it may be witnessed as attractive THE IXHABITANTS OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE. 183and varied a selection of costumes as can be found in Europe: all tlie. SERB, AUSTRIAN GERMAN, AND CROAT. colours of tlie rainbow are worn by men and women alike. In winterthey wear fur-lined mantles; in summer, largely muslins or homespun, R i84 THE INHABITANTS OF EUROPE. with, wide, overlapping aprons; a brilliant scarf is wound round the waist,often two. Jewellery is extensively worn ; but it is not costly,tumes of owing to the poverty of the people. The headdresses are mostvaried and picturesque ; the girls hair is often plaited in twolong hanging plaits, tied at the ends with bright ribbon. Their feet areeither cased in gay leather sandals or high boots, or are entirely un-covered. The men are dressed with equal showiness—in white tunicswith large sleeves, bright scarlet vests studded with silver stars, leathernbelts, tunic-skirts,
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