The Slavic dialect used was examined by a very gifted poet, Gion Palmotich (1606–1657) , who attempts to identify the Dalmatian or Illyrian language (i. e., Serbo-Kroatian) with the Czech of Bohemia, which had been recognized by Charles the Fourth, in his Golden Bull (1355), as necessary for imperial princes to learn.

The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.

Not he! beadles don't smile in public life, only when out of uniform; and as to using a handkerchief, he could not do that, unless compelled by such a fleshquake or sneeze as now shakes Mr Purkis's frame, caused by that sooty dust that pervades the church and not by damp.

The animals found in this province are, deer, elk, buffalo, cabrie, the grisly black bear, and wild horses.