236 MISS MARIETTA PALLIS ON THE 
On my first journey Dr. Antipa gave me letters to the local officials of the 
Rumanian State Fisheries, who received me most kindly, even providing me 
in many cases with men, boats and ox-carts, and gave me the -hospitality 
of the houses of the Fisheries’ Service. In the delta the Fisheries’ revisor 
(Superintendent), Mr. Zvoneski, accompanied me for about three weeks and 
made all necessary arrangements. On my second visit Dr. Antipa gave 
me a general open letter in case of need, and I engaged a boat and 
two fishermen *, with whom I could converse in Greek, who gave me 
throughout the most willing and intelligent help. I settled in a stronghold 
of Play, four hours by rowing-boat from the port of Sulina, among a chain 
of lakes, the largest of which are Rosulet, Rogu [Roshu],and Lumina. The 
Kirhana of Rosulet, where I stayed, is situated on a low-lying grind or 
gradá [A] f (a raised place in the Balta), and consists of about а dozen 
small mud and straw huts belonging to the fishermen and the dressers of 
fish. The grind, which is not marked on the map, is only two or three feet 
above low-water level of the Danube : thus water often enters the huts 
during the floods, as it did during my stay in 1913. 
I wish at the outset to express my thanks in particular to Dr. Antipa, and 
also to all the officials of the Rumanian State Fisheries, and to the local 
fishermen of all races, for their extreme kindness and courtesy. I also 
owe thanks to Colonel Sir Henry Trotter, K.C.M.G., C.B., for giving me my 
original letters of introduction for Rumania, and to the British Vice-Consuls 
at Sulina, Messrs. Marshall and Adams, to Mr. Magnussen of the European 
Commission, to Professor and Mrs. Murgoci, and to Messrs. Zeidel and 
Enculescu, of the Geological Institute of Bucharest, for many courtesies. 
Mr. Enculescu also named a number of plants for me. Acknowledgments 
to the specialists who made determinations for me follow in the Appendix. 
To Dr. Antipa I am specially indebted not only for personal kindness but 
also for much assistance derived from his book {, which he sent me before 
my departure from England ; in fact I am indebted almost entirely to that 
source for the topographical details (see рр. 237-241). Т used Dr. Antipa’s 
map showing the distribution of Plav and of the reed-thickets, which 
accompanied his work, throughout my travels in the delta, and now, with 
his permission, publish it here (see Pl. 25). 
* My headman Kostantin Andrei was half Russian and half Rumanian, and my second 
man, Mathiouska Mikitoou, was of Russian blood. Both were Rumanian subjects. 
+ The capitals in square brackets refer to the Appendix. 
{ See note on р. 234, where it is quoted in full. 
