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MASCULINE DIGNITY BRED IN THE MOUNTAINS |
BRILLIANT PLUMAGE OF THE COCK BIRD |
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| Immense muscular strength and almost feline elasticity of movement distinguish the men of Montenegro. Their great stature and manly bearing are admirably set off by the rather theatrical national costume — baggy knee-breeches, crimson waistcoat embroidered with gold or black braid, and long open tunic fastened in round the waist by a brilliant cummerbund, stuffed with weapons | Among peoples still in a simple stage of civilization great personal valour is often accompanied by a not unamiable vanity. Montenegrins manifest it in the extraordinary richness of apparel affected by their chieftains, of whom this theatrically splendid fellow is one |