Tyrol and the Tyrolese : the people and the land in their social, sporting, and mountaineering aspects
with Ms rivai or rivals, Stands very mudi in the position of the noble lady who, five centuries ago, rewarded victoiy in combat and tournament with her love, The very poetry of thè country is yet tinted with the sentiments of the “Minnesänger.” What other people in Europe treat the whole subject of love in so quaint and charming a manner? Nothing proves the vitality of this people more signally than the survival of the spirit of bygone days. Given'to bouts of hard drinking, rough to- wards men
of real want and super- fliiity, the vornan, kindly treated by her husband, suzroimded by healthy curly-headed children, can bear comparison with most, if not all, of the lower dasses throughout Europe. Of the defiant hearing that characterises the young folk, I may give one or two examples. À