He told us that we could order whatieTOr we
pWd reg^ta of expense, a,' tU Bui-
garians would pay for it. It seemed that, know-
ing they would have to find quarters for the
party, the Bulgarian community, making a
virtue of necessity, had agreed amongst them-
selves to share the expense of our lodging at the
different restaurants of the town. Our land-
lord tried to tempt us with several fictitious
brands of claret, but, after trying a Chateau
Lafite to please him, wishing to save the
Bulgarian community an unnecessarily heavy
bill, we confined ourselves to Servian beer,
which we found not bad. *.*,-^

This is only a mild example of how the
industrious Bulgarian is mulcted to save
the pocket of the easy-going, indolent Turk,'.*,
Upon the loyal Bulgarian population a'^one,

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TOO A PT{ISf)NER OF WAE IN RUSSIA.
nlways excepting the refugees from tLe
iiusHian inyasioD, come the expenses and
piiiiiHliTnent of this war. Their arabas, bul-
locks, and they themselves to drive them, are
n»(juiHitionod for months together; their cattle
Hi'o tak(;n to feed tlie army; their hay and
harl(y to feed the horses of the cavalry.
Wliilo tlio Government are publishing their
procjhirnations of indemnity to the disaffected,
i\\i*y arc daily by their treatment of the loyal,
H!ir)wing wliat tlio rebels may expect if they
n^tiirn to tlioir loyalty.
And yet, in spite of this extortion, the Bul-
frarian, by his liard work alone, becomes well
fcr) do, while his Turkish neighbour remains
poor.
