Austria-Hungary . gyar still is, and proud asLucifer, yet with a strange mingling of Orientalcalm. None others are so philosophic as thedwellers in the great plain of Hungary, the Alfold,where they follow their occupations as shepherds orwheat-growers. They take the good with the badand are resigned to evils they cannot cure. Wehave already noted the special characteristics of theAlfolder in connection with his boundless others of the nation share some of his who have been most among the Hungariansspeak of their simplicity ; they are in all thingsnatural. If when at ta
Austria-Hungary . gyar still is, and proud asLucifer, yet with a strange mingling of Orientalcalm. None others are so philosophic as thedwellers in the great plain of Hungary, the Alfold,where they follow their occupations as shepherds orwheat-growers. They take the good with the badand are resigned to evils they cannot cure. Wehave already noted the special characteristics of theAlfolder in connection with his boundless others of the nation share some of his who have been most among the Hungariansspeak of their simplicity ; they are in all thingsnatural. If when at table with them you wantmore food, you must ask for it; they will not forceit on you. It is there; they take for granted thatyou know they are only too glad for you to have therefore you want it you have only to say so;anything else is affectation. Their hospitality isproverbial and resembles that of the East. Neveris any one allowed to pass without being fed orlodged if need be, and however lowly the accommo-. THE PEOPLE 65 dation there are no pretended apologies ; this is thebest they have and they give it you, and they dontconsider that it needs any apology. In the wordsof another traveller, You are made to feel thatyour presence among them is a genuine piece ofgood luck. Though much alive and of an artistic and musicaltemperament, and ready to go half-mad whenworked up in the national dance, the csardas, theMagyar is generally quiet and philosophic. Danc-ing is the favourite pastime all over the land, andevery man, woman, and child can dance to admira-tion. Men and women both marry young, and theunmarried of either sex are almost unknown;marriage is as natural and universal an act as birthor death. Like all proud high-spirited races, who allow forother peoples dignity as well as their own, theMagyars have excellent natural manners; it hasbeen said of them that they are a nation of gentle-men. A very strange being indeed is the Magyarpeasant, mysterious as his countrys h
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