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Identifier: austriahungary00mitt (find matches)
Title: Austria-Hungary
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
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Publisher: London A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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se both. Here in the swelter-ing summer heat he works all day uncomplainingly,to gather in the fruits of cultivation ; here, whenthe white mantle of winter lies over the silent icyspaces he wanders in his sheepskin. The horseherdor csikos, once the aristocrat of the plain, now ishardly distinguishable from the shepherd or cow-herd whose avocations he shares. The far-famedwhite horned cattle of Hungary are tended andreared on the Alfold. It is a sight to see themyoked as a four-in-hand with their spreading hornsand splendid hides gleaming in the sun. Beneathan acacia, the Hungarian tree, or a willow, both ofwhich are plentifully found, the shepherd pitcheshis rude wattled tent. Possibly he has with himone of the native dogs, great snow-white shaggyfellows, who are, alas, growing fewer every year.Storms and clouds, heat and rain, affect not theman who meets them all calmly. The great blackcloud of hail which bursts in masses of ice is metwith stoical patience. At evening, maybe, he sees
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THE COUNTRY OF HUNGARY 55 far off across the plain what appears like a sheet ofblue water, and yet there is none; it is a mirageraised by the refractive power of the air. The wildduck and water-hens and even the herons have nowmigrated elsewhere, but there is still fishing to behad, and the herdsman is often a keen angler. There are many flourishing towns to be found inthe Alfold, of which Debreczen, Szeged, Kecskemet,and Temesvar are perhaps the best known. Inthese towns there are electric lighting, asphaltpaths, a good water supply, and other comfortsof civilisation. A recent writer has said : In general the towns we saw throughout Hungarylooked new; and indeed we were more than once—untilwe became wary—sent to places said to be most interesting,only to find that new municipal buildings, new banks, newschools, streets in course of construction, electric tramsand electric lighting, were their chief attraction. Butthere were towns that well repaid a visit, and of these onewas Locs

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