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Pesth, where I was obliged to stay for three days. There were 

 then six clear weeks, four of which I spent in Hungary and two 

 in Upper and Lower Austria, Moravia, Silesia, and Bohemia. 



During this time I visited upwards of sixty estates and 

 obtained particulars as to the cultivation of each. I also took 

 notice of peasant cultivation and the state of the population, as 

 well as of the various branches of industry both in the towns 

 and country. 



Happily neither I nor my faithful and energetic guide suffered 

 a day's illness ; and after working, on an average, from six in the 

 morning to nine and ten at night, often tiring five and even six 

 pairs of horses in a day, we finished our journey with the pleasant 

 and thankful feeling that our programme had been fulfilled. 



Very slow trains, and only two of them a day, render railway 

 travelling through Hungary alike safe and wearying. At the 

 station you are met by a pair of horses yoked to a long four- 

 wheeled waggon without springs, and you are then jolted along, 

 for ten or twenty miles, over " roads " that require you to hold 

 yourself on your seat tightly with both hands ; while you are 

 pervaded by a lively and constant fear that the waggon itself 

 will upset. The Hungarians drive well and quickly, and even 

 the peasants trot their pair of light horses and peculiar basket- 

 waggon along the parched road, surrounded with a dense cloud 

 of dust. 



We journeyed some 1500 English miles by waggons during 

 those six weeks, and on one occasion drove 80 English miles in 

 one day to Essegg through the Archduke Albrecht's estates. 



Let me at once disclaim the idea of giving a complete view of 

 the agriculture of the Austro-Hungarian domains. If I can give 

 a tolerably clear idea of the agriculture of Hungary, and a glimpse 

 into the rural economy of Austria proper, Moravia, Silesia, and 

 Bohemia, I must rest satisfied. The empire of Austro-Hungary 

 also comprises Styria, Salzburg, Carinthia, Dalmatia, Vorarl- 

 berg, Galicia, Bucovina, Transylvania, Croatia, and other less 

 important provinces into which I never set foot. There is, there- 

 fore, abundance of work yet to be done, if it is thought desirable 

 to prosecute further the study of the agriculture of these countries. 

 In the mean time I must be content to chronicle the results of 

 a first journey through some of the richest and most beautiful 

 portions of the empire. 



HUNGARY. 



Those who wish to study the geography of Hungary can 

 consult books and maps on the subject. For the purposes of 

 this report a more general treatment seems advisable, and I there- 



