Habits Of The Greeks

-Tlio pure Greek race 13 dry, siriewy and sliarp, like the country which maiutains it. ïlie draining of a fevy marshes would suffiee to suppress all epidemie fevers, aud to muke the G reeks tïie healthiest peoply in Europe, as they are the most températe. The consumption of oüü Knglish laborer would supply, in Greece, u fatmly of six persons 'J'lie rioh aro perfectly satisfied with B d'sh of vegetables fur their repast ; the poor, with a handlui of olives, or a morsel of salt fisb. The whole uation eats iijcat once a year, at Eister. - Drunkenness, so comiuon ia cold csuntries, ia au extiemtly rare vice iimong tho Öreeks. They tro grest drinkers, but drinkers. It would niake their conscicuce uneasy to pass a founlaiu without drinling at it ; but if they goto the public boosej it is to gossip. The cnfes of Af hens are full of eustomers and at all hours ; but they consume no strong liquors. They cali for :i halfpenny cup of coffee, a glass of wator, fire tu light their cigarettes, a nevvspaper, and a set of dominóes ; with that they wiü amuse thein-selves th wholc day long.