Excerpt from Travels in the Countries Between Alexandria and Parætonium, the Lybian Desert, Siwa, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, in 1821The right of retaliation is often exercised in the most cruel manner by the offended family against the offender or his re lations, as it is in the Bannat, Bosnia, Albania, Moldavia, Wal lachia, and in the East. They wear the national Sclavonian dress, are generally armed, but without endangering the public safety, as the plundering Montenegrines do, and custom has pre served what originated in necessity. They are obstinate, addicted to spirituous liquors, fond of liberty, and attached to religious prejudices: the Greeks are constantly at variance with the Cathe~ lies, and all live chiefly by commerce.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.