Macedonia, a plea for the primitive . urn to ones bivouac are experiences whichmust be personal to be appreciated. But in spite of all this, the constant presenceof these tiny and often beautiful atoms of life isnot altogether unwelcome ; there is a companion-ship, a feeling of Natures proximity—a lesson inthe marvellous industry of the Wild—which, toa civilized man, isolated from his kind and atenmity with all other creatures, soothes andcheers. The silence of southern nights is onlyrelative, and the perpetual music of unseeninsects becomes as essential as the sunshine or theblue roof of sky
Macedonia, a plea for the primitive . urn to ones bivouac are experiences whichmust be personal to be appreciated. But in spite of all this, the constant presenceof these tiny and often beautiful atoms of life isnot altogether unwelcome ; there is a companion-ship, a feeling of Natures proximity—a lesson inthe marvellous industry of the Wild—which, toa civilized man, isolated from his kind and atenmity with all other creatures, soothes andcheers. The silence of southern nights is onlyrelative, and the perpetual music of unseeninsects becomes as essential as the sunshine or theblue roof of sky ; it is only before a storm, whenthe buzzing ceases, that this is realized and theintense hush appreciated in a startling to the coarser sounds of Westernlife, the traveller is charmed by the stillness of thenights, and it is not till he returns that he feelsthe absence of that never-ending chirping chorus(a cadence, falling and rising in the warm scentedatmosphere) and experiences a strange longingin his CONCLUSION MACEDONIA, one of the fairest landsGod made, has been torn by strifeand harassed by lawlessness forgeneration after generation. Lyingbetween restless warlike States, a no mansland to which a dozen tribes lay claim, thisnatural battleground of the Balkans is heldprisoner by the relentless sea and closely guardedby chain upon chain of mountains. Unloved,often exploited, bartered for, fought for—almostunknown except to military experts ; never seenand scarcely heard of by those who, being loversof the wild and beautiful, might come to admire—instead of the brush of the artist and pen of thepoet, she became accustomed to the tramp ofarmies, the scream of the shell and the sword of thesoldier. Such was Macedonia in recent years andsuch has she been throughout the ages. The note-book of the naturalist gave place to the despatchof destruction, and where there should have beenvillages and fair corn-lands were bivouacs ofarmies. The myriad c
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