Hungary . ncethere are fine views over wooded landscape. Croatia does not form part of Hungary proper,though it belongs to Hungary. It has a Diet ofits own, and also sends members to the CentralParliament. The chief thing that I remember ofmuch that I was told of the complicated politicalrelations between the two countries is—that theyare generally strained. What little we saw of peasant costume, either inAgram or from the windows of the train, charmedus. Several women wore costumes of snow-whitelinen, with many pleats, which were scrupulouslyclean and neat. On their heads were white, red,or o
Hungary . ncethere are fine views over wooded landscape. Croatia does not form part of Hungary proper,though it belongs to Hungary. It has a Diet ofits own, and also sends members to the CentralParliament. The chief thing that I remember ofmuch that I was told of the complicated politicalrelations between the two countries is—that theyare generally strained. What little we saw of peasant costume, either inAgram or from the windows of the train, charmedus. Several women wore costumes of snow-whitelinen, with many pleats, which were scrupulouslyclean and neat. On their heads were white, red,or orange handkerchiefs, finely draped, and theirsleeves and jackets were handsomely embroidered. The rest of the journey is, for the most part,very beautiful, particularly where the train followsthe course of a river (the Kulpa, I believe), which,with here and there a shallow fall, winds aboutdeeply embedded among smooth and shapely hills ;and again for the last hour before reaching Fiume. WILD STRAWBERRIES. KALOCSA, AND ACROSS CROATIA TO FIUME 161 Unfortunately, it was so dark during the last partof the journey that we could not enjoy it; butwhen returning by early morning trains, we eachtime thought the views of winding coast andislands—stretching away into the luminous sea asfar as the eye could reach—as lovely as any wehad ever seen. Fiume, 385 miles from Budapest, and separatedfrom the rest of Hungary by the whole width ofCroatia, is the only Hungarian seaport. It has apopulation of 40,000, and has flourished undermany different rulers since ancient times, when itwas called Tarsatica. Only in 1870 was it finallyunited with Hungary. It much resembles manyother ports on the southern coasts of full of picturesque boats and glancingwaters, quays and breakwaters, motley crowds andpiles of merchandise about newly-arrived steamers,broad fronts of glaring houses, hotels, and caf^swhere people sit at little round tables in the street—all seemed familiar to us.
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