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The land system--The Dominele or squirearchy--The simple life of the peasants--The beginning of a revolt--A premature outbreak--The countryside in flames--King Carol’s new guns first used on his subjects--A village population exterminated--Terror in the town--I go to church and am relieved to see Princess Marie there--The tale of a sufferer--The priests and schoolmasters the instigators--The peasants’ subterranean dwellings.

Village scenes--National dances--The picturesque peasant costumes--Peasant girls who powder and paint--An idyllic scene--A country wedding--Peasant simplicity.