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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Dr. V. Sixta and Son 



PUBLIC SHEPHERDS IN THEIR FIELD COSTUMES 



Little wonder is it that the relatively high wages of America put the wanderlust into 

 millions of European hearts. Wages are so low that throughout Bohemia it is cheaper to 

 have stock herded by public shepherds than to build fences (see also pages 144 and 146). 



