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a time, and every portion of the country, 

 mountains, forests, etc., has to be patrolled 

 in turn. On the Monteneo-rln frontier the 

 monotony of the duty Is often broken by a 

 rifle bullet ; three gendarmes were killed In 

 1895. Except those who escort their 

 officers In this district, the o-endarmerle are 

 not mounted, however, so can hardly count 

 as traffic. Civil servants, foresters, engin- 

 eers, telegraphists, and officers are the horse- 

 men one most often meets. There are no 

 postmen, for there is no post, nor does the 

 doctor make his rounds on horseback, for 

 there Is no such person. The priest does, 

 though, or perhaps I should call him a 

 monk, for they are all Franciscans ; and here, 

 like nowhere else, they wear a (ez and long 

 moustaches. 



Flocks of sheep and goats and herds of 



