. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . :,5 I MELITZA—A MONTENEGRIN GIRL. DULCIGNO [Toface page 79 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 79 the people poured in from all the country rounduntil the narrow street was packed full of menand women in the most extraordinary variety ofcostumes I had ever seen. It was just like steppingbackward into the Middle Ages, only instead ofcarrying sword and spear the men are armed withhuge revolvers and rifles. One man had in hiswaistcloth a very handsome silver-handled was told it had been presented by the RussianGovernment for having cut off a Turks head inthe late war.
. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . :,5 I MELITZA—A MONTENEGRIN GIRL. DULCIGNO [Toface page 79 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 79 the people poured in from all the country rounduntil the narrow street was packed full of menand women in the most extraordinary variety ofcostumes I had ever seen. It was just like steppingbackward into the Middle Ages, only instead ofcarrying sword and spear the men are armed withhuge revolvers and rifles. One man had in hiswaistcloth a very handsome silver-handled was told it had been presented by the RussianGovernment for having cut off a Turks head inthe late war. He had evidently lost an eye overthe job, but looked immensely proud of himself. The Montenegrin costume is handsome enough,but the Albanians are more picturesque and fantasticin their attire. It would be a great chance for afigure artist in search of new subjects to come andstop here for two or three or six months. Hewould get abundance of new material in the way ofcostume, colour, and a type of humanity quite freshto the picture galleries overcrowded with Italian
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