Servia and Montenegro 



783 



"Physically the Montenegrins are 

 among the largest and finest people in 

 Europe, and the conditions of their 

 mountain life in a poor country have de- 

 veloped peculiarities that make them 

 easily distinguishable from the Servians. 

 They are a race of warriors, always 

 ready to take arms against external en- 

 croachments, and equally ready to de- 

 fend at home what they regard as their 

 personal rights. They have thus the 

 reputation of being excitable, quarrel- 

 some, and violent, but every man, even 



the poorest, has the bearing and dignity 

 of a gentleman. Theft is unknown, and 

 drunkenness almost unheard of. A re- 

 cent report from a town official said that 

 the only persons who had been in the 

 prison for a half year were five men who 

 had told ghost stories which were preju- 

 dicial to public morality. Women are 

 universally respected. A woman may 

 go in safety anywhere in the country."* 



* Consult article on Montenegro in "New 

 International Cyclopedia," Vol. 12. 



STREET SCENE IN SOUTHERN HERZEGOVINA 



Photo by F. J. Koch 



The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the two provinces which have just been formally 

 annexed by Austria-Hungary, after being governed by the latter country since 1878, are mostly 

 Serbs. For descriptions of these provinces, see "Where East Meets West," by Miss M. E. 

 Coffin, in the May, 1908, number, and "The Great Turk and His Lost Provinces," by William 

 E. Curtis, in the February, 1903, number of the National Geographic Magazine. 



