62.—WOMEN OF PESTH.
[Figures 59] and [60] represent, according to M. Perrot, a Bosniak peasant man and woman, and [figure 61], a Bosniak merchant.
The Magyars are the natives of Hungary. The chief population of this country is composed of a people who came from Asia under the name of Magyars, and who were, it would seem, a tribe of the Huns. Hungary is believed to have been populated by some of the savage companions of Attila, the terrible king of the Huns, known as the “Scourge of God.”
63.—HUNGARIANS.
The Magyars are distinct from other people in their language and costumes.
They are of medium height, with black hair. Their character is warlike, and their state of civilization is superior to that of the other branches of the Slavonian family.
In his “Causeries Géographiques,” (from Paris to Bucharest,) M. Duruy has imparted to us his impressions on a journey to Pesth in 1861. The population appeared to him superb.