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THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.

hundred and twenty-seven to the square mile in Poland, and less than two to the mile in Asiatic Russia. About sixty millions belong to the Slavic race, which includes the Russians and Poles, and also a few colonies of

FINLAND PEASANTS IN HOLIDAY COSTUME.
FINLAND PEASANTS IN HOLIDAY COSTUME.

FINLAND PEASANTS IN HOLIDAY COSTUME.

Servians and Bulgarians, which amount in all to less than one hundred thousand. The identity of the Servians and Bulgarians with the Slavic race has been the excuse, if not the reason, for the repeated attempts of Russia to unite Servia, Bulgaria, and the other Danubian principalities