...since engineering began to be recognised and followed as a regular profession. At a period so recent as the end of the last and the beginning of the present century, the greatest engineering works were planned, and the most important mechanical improvements were devised,...

...It was not, however, that the pig was overlooked at the time of the great agricultural revolution, at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The pioneers of improved farming could scarcely fail to be dissatisfied with their swine, and they seem...

...generally good marksmen. The oral language of the Suliotes is the Albanian, but :hi:y use the modern Oreek for their written language. They all belong to the...of the present century. The political condition of Epirui, or Southern Albania, previous to that epoch, was very peculiar. The country was divided into...

...timber-trees, but the plain is cultivated, and produces corn, pulse, and other provisions. The houses ¡ire rudely built, and the country is altogether poor;...into two pashalicks, Janina andDelvino; but several district«, such as Suli and Cbimari, were independent communities, often at war with the pashas sent...

...the country is altogether poor; but the almost continual state of warfare in which the Suliotes ived towards their neighbours, before their total subjugation,...century. The political condition of Epirus, or Southern Albanie, previous to that epoch, was very peculiar. The country was divided into two pashalicks, Janina...

...supplying their wants. Suli has become an historical name on account of its long struggle against tlie forces of Ali Pasha of Janina, at the end of the last...The country was divided into two pashalicks, Janina and Delvino; but several districts, such as Suli and Chimari, were independent communities, often at...

...the manners of Germany ; in many respects, to those at the present day — in more, to those existing at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The Germans are generally unaware of the existence of such resemblances. They take their idea of England...

...the manners of Germany ; in many respects, to those at the present day — in more, to those existing at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The Germans are generally unaware of the existence of such resemblances. They take their idea of England...

...the manners of Germany ; in many respects, to those at the present day — in more, to those existing at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The Germans are generally unaware of the existence of such resemblances. They take their idea of England...

...worship over, and all iu bed. by twelve o'clock. Such was this Scottish barrowmau iu Bcrwickshire, in the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The account of his wife — the mother — is a suitable companion picture. The mother added to the income...