See also:

• LESKOVATS (LESKOVATZ or LESKOvAC)

LESKOVATS (LESKOVATZ or LESKOvAC)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• SERVIA

Servia, between See also:

• NISH (also written NISCx and Nis)

Nish and See also:

• VRANYA, or VRANYE

Vranya, on the railway See also:

• LINE

line from Nish to See also:

• SALONICA, SALONIKA

Salonica . Pop . (1901) 13,707 . It is the headquarters of the Servian See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, the extensive See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain in which the town lies growing the best See also:

• FLAX

flax and hemp in all the See also:

• BALKAN

Balkan See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula . The plain is not only the most fertile portion of Servia, but also the best cultivated . Besides flax and hemp, excellent See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco is grown . Five valleys converge on the plain from different directions, and the inhabitants of the villages in these valleys are all occupied in growing flax and hemp, which they send to See also:

• LESKOVATS (LESKOVATZ or LESKOvAC)

Leskovats to be stored or manufactured into See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes . After See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade and Nish, Leskovats is the most prosperous town in Servia .