At the end of the 16th century the Boyash started migrating towards the south, in Wallachia, and the east, in Moldavia, where they were held as slaves together with other Romani groups (until the slavery was abolished in 1855-56). Another name for the Boyash, Rudari, comes from the Slavic ruda (metal, ore). As the mines became inefficient, the Boyash people were forced to readjust by earning their living making wood utensils (Lingurari means spoon-makers in Romanian; also cf.
In 1836, on May 2nd, the mountain was climbed by Charles Darwin. Other Mauritius Mountains are the Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire, the highest on the island (828 meters) in the Indian Ocean and situated in the Black River District, forming a part of Black River mountain range. The other two principal mountain ranges of the island are Grand Port Savanne and Moka-Port Louis.
Ben Nevis is the highest Munro and highest mountain in Britain. A Munro ( listen ) is a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet (914 m). Munros are named after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet (1856â1919), who produced the first list of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891.