Macedonia, a plea for the primitive . ed to resist suchinvasions for many years to come. It can scarcely be said that the Macedonianhas any special arts. His few simple industriescomprise the necessities of existence rather thanthe embellishments of life and the few ornamen-tations he adopts are, from our standpoint,rough and primitive. Like all orientals, he hasan unconscious, almost inborn sense of thepicturesque ; his daily life and the crude materialsassociated with it, backed b^^ the magnificentscenery of his country, form a series of picturesnot only exquisite but, from a purely art poin
Macedonia, a plea for the primitive . ed to resist suchinvasions for many years to come. It can scarcely be said that the Macedonianhas any special arts. His few simple industriescomprise the necessities of existence rather thanthe embellishments of life and the few ornamen-tations he adopts are, from our standpoint,rough and primitive. Like all orientals, he hasan unconscious, almost inborn sense of thepicturesque ; his daily life and the crude materialsassociated with it, backed b^^ the magnificentscenery of his country, form a series of picturesnot only exquisite but, from a purely art pointof view, almost perfect in composition, line andcolour. The form of his household utensils ispure and often beautiful ; the workmanship 114 MACEDONIA of his simple crafts creates an impression of careand dignity which machine-made articles cannever attain, and the moderate though effectivestyle of his decoration must be the product of avirgin mind which knows only the teaching ofthat supreme artist, Nature herself soldiersgrease box. CHAPTER VIII FISHING AND LIVE STOCK FISHING THIS ancient industry, which has inter-esting and sacred associations, meritsattention on account of the curiousmeans of netting employed in the courseof sea-fishing. For the lakes, in which carp andother coarse fish are caught in large quantities,nets of circular pattern with cork floats aresuspended between flat bottomed boats and thefish thus rounded-up and brought to shore. Alongthe coast, however, especially in the Stavrosarea, a structure consisting of two or three plat-forms, erected on piles near the shore with anet slung between, seems to be the modus stationed on each platform have a clearview through the water and, when a sufficientquantity of fish have collected over the net,haul in. LIVE STOCK Judged by their numbers and by the mannerin which they are allowed to over-run the house-hold, it would seem that fowls are kept entirely 5 ii6 MACEDONIA as pets. Actually, however, they a
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