Europe of to-day . THE BALKAN STATES 197. c => ^ « 5 a 198 EUROPE OF TO-DAY descended only in part from the ancient Greeks ; never-theless their language is similar to classical Greek, and itis a bond between the inhabitants of the scattered islandsand shores. On the uplands of the south are a small number ofVlachs, akin in descent and speech to the Rumanians ; theyhave no lands of their own, for they are wanderingshepherds driving their flocks from place to place andselling small wares among the settled peoples. TheVlachs are decreasing in number, as they leave thisnomadic life to take up
Europe of to-day . THE BALKAN STATES 197. c => ^ « 5 a 198 EUROPE OF TO-DAY descended only in part from the ancient Greeks ; never-theless their language is similar to classical Greek, and itis a bond between the inhabitants of the scattered islandsand shores. On the uplands of the south are a small number ofVlachs, akin in descent and speech to the Rumanians ; theyhave no lands of their own, for they are wanderingshepherds driving their flocks from place to place andselling small wares among the settled peoples. TheVlachs are decreasing in number, as they leave thisnomadic life to take up other work, mainly in the towns,and become lost among the other peoples. In the central part of the western mountain regionlive the Albanians, a finely-built, hardy people of uncer-tain origin, probably Slav, though their language is quitedifferent from that of the Jugo-Slavs. They are pastoral,keeping flocks of sheep and goats, but their life is partlynomadic and partly sedentary, for they move with theiranimals up on the mountains in
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