BULGARIA

an important principaiity | a bon in the Balkan Peninsula; area 37,200 | ing b: ‘squa miles; population 3,7-14,000. | civiliz Bastern Roumelia cow forms part of} 3UI Bulgaria, and has been recognised as such | Spain by the chief European powers since 1886. | South Both countries were cut ont from the! towns Turkish Empire, and granted autonomy jin wi by th ate oe ime al tend oar ——: Consist Oo glopes oO 16 | thous: Balkans, one to the north the other to the | orerio South, and is well fitted to perform tlie | by dri part of a “ Baffer State” between Ru ia | he is @od Turkey. About one-half of the | horser Country is under pasture; and sheep, | with | ‘goat tio are reared in large | on fox “Bamber tobacco, silk, and attar of | barbs roses from the bourhood of Philip- | render _ Popolis are the ing products. Varna,}of the Sport on the Black Sea, exports wheat. | comes Soda capital, is in a pea sca sword, “Commanding the rsilway from Vienna to} cloak, ‘Constantinople, and bas growing manufac-{ the b fares of woollen coods and _ leather. | creat: Sat are pies a aad tbe oatput af coal | the op Mate, o © output o € OP ( ud iron is increasing. thrust oop ue ( [s. 84]