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 tained. The whole of that day we passed through most beautiful meadows; at night we arrived at a village called Perykmart, and took up our quarters for the night.

On Oct. 18 we did not start till about ten o’clock in the morning, and that because one of our boats, on which the horses and carriages were, as it started from the bank, stuck in the sand, and could not be moved; three Turkish boats hastened to its assistance, and were obliged to drag it by force out of the sand. Here we spent the night again in excellent beds.

On Oct. 19, with morning dawn, we sailed to the place where the river Drave falls into the Danube, half a mile above Erded; we also, afterwards, sailed past Erded. It is a castle on a hill, on the right of the Danube, and beneath it is a tolerably large village. At the hour of vespers we arrived at Walpowar, and stopped there about an hour. It is a pretty little town under a castle, and that a handsomely built castle. Close to the town is a wooden bridge, that the Turks may be able to go dryshod into the country when the Danube is flooded. Here we furnished ourselves with good provisions and wine. Towards evening we passed the village Sodin, on the right of the Danube, near which we saw a large ruined castle, and spent the night in beds not far from that village.

On Oct. 20 we sailed past Moshtin. This is a ruined castle on a hill, and a village under the castle,