“I had always pictured the Albanian peasants as a very fine picturesque race of men wearing spotless native costume, and slung about with fascinating looking daggers and curious weapons of all kinds, but the great majority of those I saw, more especially in the small towns, were a very degenerate looking race indeed.” BalkansAlbanianAlbaniaBalkanAlbanians Book:An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army Source: An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army
“Cruelty is absolutely foreign to their natures.Some people once talked of setting up a branch of the " Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" in Serbia, and were asked in astonishment what work they supposed they would find to do ; who ever heard of a Serbian being cruel to child or animal?” SerbiaYugoslaviaSerbianSerbsSerbians Book:An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army Source: An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army