. 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. 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
. 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. 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, loose trousers of muslin, and sandals or boots. In coldweather a glowing mantle, often highly embroidered in various colours,is thrown over the shoulder. The hat is often a broad-brimmed felt Altogether the Croat cherishes a very primitive style of life and culture, and certainly is not one of the most progressive Slavs. They Primitive ^^^^ ^ prepossession in favour of fatness, which is decidedly and Eastern Oriental; and in several particulars they show the results of Turkish influences. Thus their figures and faces do not satisfy our ideas of beauty. Round faced, dark eyed and complexioned, good Position of tempered, and extremely hospitable, lazy, and fond of spirits, women, ^j^g men make their women do much of their hard work, stand behind them at table, eat out of their plate, and only drink when asked by them. Perhaps they are lower in nature because their soil is so fertile ; at any rate all classes are improvident. This may be due to their old Slavonian communism, or lif
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