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medals presented by our Queen Victoria to the Turks for 
gallantry during the Crimean War. Turkey has always 
had her eyes on this country. To establish amicable relations 
the present Sultan presented the King of Montenegro with 
a complete set of trappings for a regiment of cavalry (there 
not being a horse-soldier in the country). The Czar of Russia 
also desirous of bidding for the good will of Montenegro, 
made the King an equally useless present in the shape of 
30,000 old rifles. 
The capital possesses a theatre built by an American, 
though the theatrical connections of the country go back 
800 years. This would seem to show that the Montenegrians 
are not as uncivilized as they are sometimes alleged to be. 
It may be mentioned too, that the country had a printing 
press only seven years after the first press appeared in our 
own country. There is, however, a good deal that is primitive 
in the country. A visitor must not expect any elaborate 
or comfortable hotels. Things are getting a little better 
in this respect, but the Lecturer well remembers the landlord 
of one of the principal “ hotels ” ordering a pig to be killed 
in front of his bedroom window for the special delectation 
of his visitors. The prison is also primitive. The prisoners 
are locked up at night but may be seen playing outside the 
prison walls unguarded all day long. They are chiefly murder- 
ers and are looked upon as more or less harmless. The 
general morality of the country is good. Thieving is practi- 
cally unknown. The King is the judge and dispenses justice 
under an old tree in the square in front of his palace. This 
latter is a very modest building with a barracks behind in 
which the “ standing army ” of 50 men are kept. The 
King has only to whistle for his troops and they are ready 
to hand in a moment. They are a fine set of men, making 
up in physique what they lack in numerical strength. 
The country is still primitive enough still to retain the 
principle of marriage by capture. Marriage is thus made 
easy, but divorce is just as easy. 
Montenegro is a country well worth visiting. Its remark- 
able history has given it a set of traditions exceeding in glory 
all the war traditions of the world. The Lecturer would 
however, recommend any intending visitor to read something 
of the land and its past before actually making a journey 
there, otherwise nine-tenth of the inteiesting features will 
be overlooked. 
