Show an e wk 14 A s ji i J beautiful rUl ft always one 0 of the most fruitful breeding places in europe of conspiracies and revolts first against the turks and then against the Aust lustriana Au rians the scene of the assassination of the archduke francis ferdinand heir apparent to the thrones of austria and hungary and ant his wife the ducheck of hohenberg Is thus described by a it writer for the national geographic society one of tb i beauty spots of the bal dal kne vona is thai occupied by the bosnian capital Saraj evo it Is built upon the river a small tributary ot of the bosna and spreads over both slope i of the narrow valley to the rugged bills hills partially oriental and wholly set in the green and emerald of its gardens and neighboring well wooded hills Saraj evo Is frequently called the damascus of the north the city lies in the southeastern corner of bosnia besnia 12 niles southwest of belgrade grade with a growing population of and a thriving commerce and industry it has bas been fast losing its eastern character reconstructing the old city to conform to the purposes of western progress Saraj evo Is an important commercial a distributing center for bosnia besnia dalmatia and montenegro lie large bazaar Is a favorite marmet place for the peasants pe asanta of tho the whole province while its commission houses conduct the exchange of bosnian agricultural and mineral trod products acts with the of other ther parts of the empire it has potteries silk milli a at tobacco factory and a large individual or house industry which produces fine cries erles rugs embossed and filigree work Saraj evo was founded in 1262 by the hungarian general cotromano Co troman and was enlarged by the turks and selected for their administrative bos nian headquartered following rol lowing the austrian occupation of or 1878 it aa was are rals rats d tobacco ie to one of beet best known product products the province haa has an area of square miles and a population of 0 nearly 11 this population la Is but little mixed there ie to a sprinkling of austrian austrians and hungarians Hung arians mostly boffl clala gypsies gy palee italians and jews the jews speak spanish and are the descendants ants of those who fled flod in the sixteenth century from spain to escape the inquisition something abacut Herze herzegovina govina lei 1 a continuation of the montenegro mountains it haa hats an area of square miles or added to montenegro would about double that tiny kingdoms territory it would also bring more persons under the scepter of king nicholas montenegrin statistics make one realize ahat bat a prize would be montenegro has an area of square miles and aid a tion of herzegovina joins joint Alonte montenegro negro in south and bosnia in the north the mountain formations of bosnia and are al similar nellar but the latter land Is not so fertile as its larger neighbor there Is a saying that coenia begins with the forest with the rock here ho however may be enjoyed some of the most beautiful scenery of europe and there are numberless choice herze govi alan ninn sites that in ohp th future may be to dei developed de eloped into famous and well paying seasonal resorts A large part of the land Is barren having a number of bare peaks rising more than feet the eastern part toward serbia Is especially barren and rocky the rivers of plunge underground for great stretches on their courses to the sea there is just one river in this province that manages to go 90 its whole journey with out once forsaking the surface the valleys are the only bertila parts of the province and roost most of these are very narrow grapes of fine quality 11 4 I 1 V f A VIF W or 1105 TARL largely rebuilt and baa has been steadily la creasing in prosperity ita its lints unto are re mostly serbo croat bosnia a fertile land besnia bosnia to a a land of wooded moun tain and fertile valleye valleys there Is very little unproductive land within its confine confines for what la in not in grain fruit or meadow cultivation la is pasture land and forest moreover bosnia a rich in minerals walh include coal iron iran copper chromi chro mj mtr manganese cin na line and mercury gold and silver were worked among its mountain mountains by the romans Ilo mane and in those days it waa was celebrated for its richness in these precious metals it has also valuable alt salt mines and marble ries this province however fit chiefly agricultural more than 90 per cent of the population Is to engaged in farm ing the country according to the most antiquated ot of methods much of the fruitful land remains uncultivated rhe chalot european cereals and are raised in them and fairly native wines alnee are produced excellent tobacco ie to grown that ie Is it t Is con bleared red excellent by those who prefer tobacco as fragrant ae 98 clove cloves and cinnamon namon the capital of li Is a picture arty a fascinating oriental town in R a acting atting of wonderful ond erful beauty c sheer Vlas classive sive cliffa it on one elde side while distant mountains the ralley valley on the other klostar divide divid ha haa it population Pul atlon of about almost entirely slavonic islain however charef about equally with roman the religious con convert verts the mountaineers of like ina are their neighbor neighbors the montenegrin in their sturdy independence 1 11 they who started the rebellion wax wag the turk turks oln in 1875 which walnet throughout the dal kans spreading and finally b being taken up by russia 1 led anally the congress con gree of berlin to and the birth of several new now states into tbt of nation nations family |