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opinion of the people of Montenegro ; although, at the same 

 time, a Christian might travel pleasantly and safely through 

 the country, meeting every where with hospitable entertainment. 

 It sometimes also happens, in other parts of Turkey, that 

 Turks, when obliged to travel alone through populous Chris- 

 tian countries, are exposed to ill-treatment, from which a Chris- 

 tian traveller would be exempted. 



Since the Sultan began his reforms, many churches have been 

 rebuilt in Turkey, permission to do so being generally pretty 

 easily obtained on spots where churches formerly existed, al- 

 though it is seldom allowed to build them on new sites. In 

 Servia they have even again put up their bells, excepting in 

 Uschitze, where the Mahometans, being pretty numerous, would 

 not allow it. Elsewhere bells are only allowed to be used in 

 the monasteries : at Rilo there are three pretty large ones. The 

 Sultan must now continue his reforms, as any return to the 

 former bad system of 'government would be most prejudicial ; 

 indeed since the emancipation of the Christians has been be- 

 gun, it must be proceeded with, if he wishes to retain posses- 

 sion of this fine country and population. 



It is very interesting to compare together the different inha- 

 bitants of European Turkey, such as the Servians, the Bulga- 

 rians, the Wallachians, the Greeks, and the Albanians. The 

 Servians and Bulgarians may be said to be nearly the same 

 people, and appear to be more numerous than the Greeks ; al- 

 though the latter extend beyond the kingdom of Greece into 

 Thessaly, and even into Southern Macedonia, and are scattered 

 in considerable numbers over all the maritime districts of Euro- 

 pean and Asiatic Turkey. However, the greatest part of 

 Macedonia may be said to be a Bulgarian-Servian country ; 

 and even the Bulgarians who live there seem to have more 

 energy than their brethren on the Danube. The Servians and 

 Bulgarians dislike the Greeks, who in turn despise them : in- 

 deed the Greeks live on far better terms with the Wallachians 

 or even the Albanians. On the other hand, the Wallachians 

 and Servians dislike one another, and the former consider the 

 Bulgarians and Servians as their vassals ; because they say it 

 was so during the Roman empire, and also because Servia con- 

 tains no large towns like Wallachia, nor any nobility ; nor is 



