SEVENTH DAY. 109 
Cerevié lies partly at the foot of these hills, and is partly 
built upon them in terraces, the houses situated among the 
fissures and earthy cliffs, and the two churches standing on 
the slope, having a very picturesque appearance. The high 
ridges behind the village are stony, quite treeless, and planted 
with vines, while yellow soil, which, when lit up by the sun, 
glows with true oriental richness of colour, forms the back- 
ground of the picture. 
We put in to the pier of the village, where the large gaily- 
dressed crowd which had assembled by the bank received us 
in the heartiest manner, and Count Rudolf Chotek, one of the 
proprietors of the greater part of the Fruska-Gora mountains 
and all the adjoining lands, hastened on board to welcome us, 
almost before the steamer had reached her moorings. He 
and his brother Otto are the joint lords of all these estates. 
Count Rudolf has, however, the larger share of their manage- 
ment, and spends almost the entire year in this part of the 
country. 
Let me begin by saying that Count Rudolf, who accom- 
panied us on our shooting-expeditions during our whole stay 
in Cerevi ié, made all the arrangements for our excursions, 
and exerted himself to further our sport in the most assiduous 
and amiable way, is one of the kindest and most thoughtful 
of hosts one could possibly meet with, and we all owe him our 
warmest thanks. 
After a short greeting he told us what kinds of birds of 
prey the woods contained, and pressed us to spend a few days 
here. He spoke of huge Cinereous Vultures, Sea-Eagles, 
Imperial Eagles, and of all the lesser hawks, of Eagle-Owls, 
Black Storks, and many other birds which inhabited his 
domains. We were to make a shooting-excursion into the 
Fruska-Gora this very day, but, unfortunately, as it was Sunday 
and a great Greek festival, we could not set out before eleven 
o'clock, Atnine my brother-in-law, Bombelles, Count Chotek, 
