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  "Mostly they stand beside wells" 34   "Quaint of shape, they attract the eye from far" 38   "Sometimes they are of quaintly carved stone" 38   "Strange old crosses that on all roads I have come upon" 38   "Their forms and sizes are varied" 38   "None of the greater buildings attract me so strongly as those little village churches" 39   "The altar is shut off from the rest of the building by a carved and painted screen" 39   "The roofs are always of shingle" 42   "Varied indeed are the shapes of these peasant churches" 46   "Their principal feature being the stout columns that support the porch in front" 46   "But with some the belfry stands by itself" 47   "The columns have beautiful carved capitals of rarest design ... whitewashed like the rest of the church" 47   "Quaint indeed are the buildings that some simple-hearted artist has painted" 47   "These lonely mountain-dwellers" 50   "These shaggy garments give them a wild appearance" 54   "Their only refuges are dug-outs" 54   "Even tiny boys wear these extraordinary coats" 54   "Here, in company with their dogs, they spend the long summer months" 54   "On juicy pastures near clear-flowing stream" 55   "Silent watchers leaning on their staffs" 55   "Wherever I have met them, be it on the mountains or in the plains, ... these silent shepherds have seemed to me the very personification of solitude" 55   "On the burning plains of the Dobrudja where for miles around no tree is to be seen" 58   "Stifled by the overwhelming temperature, they had massed themselves together" 58   "Mothers and children, and old grannies" 62   "Small bronze statues with curly, tousled heads" 62   "Occasionally a torn shirt barely covers them" 62   "Most beautiful of all are the young girls" 63   "Inconceivably picturesque" 63