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Title: Hungary and its people: Magyarorzág és népei
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Felbermann, Louis
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Publisher: London, Griffith Farran
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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my world. IfI look at the endless plains my thoughts flyfar away, and near to the clouds. I seebetween the Danube and the Tisza the smilingpicture of the plains. Under the Fata Morganasky the herds of the Kuns are grazing near thewells. I hear the tramp of the furious ridingcsikós (cowboy) and the clacking of their whips.Near the puszta in the lap of the breeze thecorn ears are rocking, and with their brightemerald tint they joyfully crown the land.Here come at twilight the wnld ducks who aredriven away from their rest among the reeds bythe swaying of the wind. Beyond the farms inthe depths of the puszta stands a lonely Csárda.It is visited by the thirsty betyárs (tramps), whogo to the Fair of Kecskemét. Near to thegroves of the birches you see the melonsglittering in the sands. Here, close by, nestlesthe bird undisturbed by the children ; here iscultivated the maidenhair plant and the bluecornflower, and the lizards come to take shelterfrom the broiling sun under their roots. Far
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The Magyars and the Alföld. 125 away, where the sky touches the earth in mist,the blue orchards are to be seen. Behind themthe spires of the churches of the distant townsstand out in dim fog-Hke streaks. You arebeautiful, Alföld ! At least, you are beautifulto me. Here I was born and cradled, andhere I would have my eyelids closed, and mytomb raised. The Alföld is very flat and is almost on alevel with the sea, but in some parts, especiallynear the Tisza district, there are to be found afew hills, which are invariably called the DevilsHill, the Tartars Hill, and the Turks Hill, asthe saying goes that they were formed out ofthe bodies of the Devils, Tartars, and Turks,who were once classed by the Hungarians intoone category. The soil in general is veryfertile, and produces in great abundance corn,wheat, oats, barley, Indian corn, tobacco, hemp,millet, beans, lentils, melons, and also grapes.It is also a great breeding place of cattle,sheep, horses, and pigs, the numbers bred beingso

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