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the wall and away from the unbeliever. This is 

 perhaps wise on their part, for anything more 

 hideous and ghastly — not to say devilish — than 

 their appearance it is impossible to imagine. I 

 think it was Mark Twain who said that he could 

 never understand why Mohammedan women should 

 cover their faces so carefully until one day he saw 

 one unveiled by chance, then he understood. If it 

 was not Mark Twain who made this remark it 

 ought to have been, for it is quite characteristic of 

 him. However that may be, Turkish children are 

 very often remarkably pretty, with oval faces, and 

 large, lustrous eyes heavily fringed with long eye- 

 lashes. But their appearance is generally spoilt by 

 the fact that their hair is stained a fiery red with 

 lime, and their fingers stained yellow with henna. 



The Montenegrin women do not cover their faces. 

 They wear the same small, red, gold and black 

 forage cap as the men, a plain blue skirt, and a long 

 white or blue sleeveless jacket. The younger women 

 often have their black hair hanging down in two 

 tails, which in the older ones are generally wound 

 round the forehead like a coronet, and a very 

 effective fashion it is, and one which suits well their 

 strong and often noble-looking faces. They are a 

 fine people, both men and women. 



The trade seems to be chiefly in the hands of 

 Turks, and there are at least three or four mosques 

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