Photograph by Frdelyi 



A FARMER OF BANFFYHUNYAD, A VILLAGE OF TRANSYLVANIA 



Within the limits of Transylvania ("forest land"), an area of eastern Hungary about 

 half the size of the State of Virginia, reside three "privileged peoples" — the Magyars, the 

 Szeklers, kinsmen of the Magyars, and Saxons, descendants of German immigrants who came 

 into the country in the twelfth century. Numerically, however, the most important element 

 of the population is Rumanian. In addition, there are Jews, Ruthenians, Bulgarians, Slovaks, 

 Serbians, and Greeks. The plurality of Rumanians forms the basis of their country's claim 

 to a large portion of this district, rich in mines, forests, pasture lands, and river-bottom farms. 



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