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a day being ninety kreutzer. I was asked three 

 florins, and on my objecting I was refused the 

 horse, and had to walk. This is the peculiarity 

 of the race. If they cannot get an exorbitant 

 profit they will have none at all, and, as in this 

 case, keep their beasts idle instead of letting them 

 earn what is to them a considerable sum of money. 

 The truth is, that they have no wants; their 

 flocks and herds, with a little mild agriculture, 

 feed and clothe them ; and, excepting tobacco 

 and coffee for both religions, and a little wine 

 for the Christians, they have no luxuries. Indeed, 

 I met many Turkish peasants who did not even 

 smoke. Competition is wanted to smarten them 

 up, and this they seem unlikely to get, the 

 Austrian attempt at colonization on the Ivan 

 Pass near Sarajevo having failed. This was only 

 to be expected, as the selected colonists had no 

 capital, although the Government was prepared 

 to support them sufficiently liberally. It is my 

 opinion that a good deal more might be done in 

 this way. 



Our great trouble, then, in this camp were the 

 natives. Not that they intruded themselves upon 

 us — on the contrary, they never came near us ; 

 so that for the time the lessons I had taken the 

 trouble to take in the language of the country 

 were thrown away. We had calculated on their 

 bringing eggs, fowls, and milk for sale, but they 



