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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



Till recently most of the Bosnians were Mussulmans; now (1901) the majority (673,000) 

 are Orthodox Greeks, 548,000 Moslem, and nearly all the rest (334,000) Eoman Catholics. 

 The Bosnian Mohammedans do not practise polygamy, and have remained faithful to many 

 of the Christian customs which prevailed in the days before they changed their creed for 

 that of their Turkish conquerors. Should a child fall ill in a Mussulman family, the father 

 hastens to the nearest monastery to order masses. When he is ill himself, he goes to the 

 Greek monks to have the Bible read over his head. "At nightfall," says Victor Tissot in 

 "Unknown Hungary," where he speaks of Bosnian customs, "one may often see a young bey 

 secretly conducting a pope to pray over the tomb of his father." 



HERZEGOVINA. 



Herzegovina is a rocky, limestone region, and of a far more rugged nature than the sister 

 province of Bosnia. The Herzegovinans are tall and broad-shouldered, and generally of darker 

 complexion and of greater personal bravery than the Bosnians. In form and character they 



approach more nearly to the 

 Montenegrin type. In the 

 Yablanitza district especially 

 the men are of powerful 

 build, independent, and de- 

 fiant. Their features resemble 

 those of the Italians more 

 than the Greeks. The women 

 are taller than their Bosnian 

 sisters, and they are generally 

 believed to be more handsome 

 and prepossessing. 



The dress of the Herze- 

 govinans resembles the Monte- 

 negrin rather than the Bosnian 

 style. 



In Bosnia the walls of 

 the houses and the dividing- 

 walls between fields and 

 gardens are made of wood. 

 In Herzegovina the buildings 

 contain hardly any wood. The 

 houses in Yablanitza are to 

 a great extent built of black- 

 and-white scorified lava, and 

 are roofed with slabs of slate. 



The social customs of the 

 Herzegovinans are similar in 

 most respects to those of the 

 Bosnians. The more truculent 

 characteristics of the former 

 are no doubt largely due to 

 the sterner nature of their 

 country. 



As in Bosnia, the 

 Moslem has ceased to be 



By permission of Dr. Aniei. the dominant faith. In the 



A HUNGARIAN WOMAN FROM sziROK. Yablanitza district the 



