1^4 Dr Boue on the Scenery and Antiquities 



Tschardagh chain rising to a height of 9000 feet.* I cannot 

 compare this view to any thing with which I am acquainted in 

 Europe, but possibly something like it may exist on a smaller 

 scale in Spain. It appears as if the chain of the Pyrenees, and 

 a part of the alpine hills of south-east France, were placed to- 

 gether. The country is abundantly covered with forests and 

 vegetation, and the green of the chestnuts and oaks, the dark 

 green of the fir-trees, and the whiteness of the snow, give an 

 agreeable variety to the landscape, which is, moreover, adorn- 

 ed by the ancient white castle of Prisrend, together with nume- 

 rous villages and monasteries at the foot of the hills. 



In the interior of the groups of hills, to the north of Ipek, 

 there are numerous fine Swiss subalpine landscapes, abound- 

 ing in cattle of all kinds, chalets, and picturesque crags, toge- 

 ther with meadows and flowers. On the other hand, in the 

 Despotodagh, the painter finds a great abundance of wilder 

 scenery ; such as very deep valleys and fine forests. On the 

 north side of this chain the vegetation is similar to that of 

 central Europe ; while on the south it resembles that of the 

 countries bordering on the Mediterranean. 



Proceeding farther, we find a great variety of landscapes in 

 the valleys of Bosnia, in the Cermitza, on the borders of the 

 lake of Scutari, in the valleys between Nissa and Sophia, and 

 on the borders of the Danube. In the first mentioned countries 

 we have sometimes wild, sometimes rural scenery. To the south 

 of Nissa the views are less extensive ; they consist generally of 

 a rich country interspersed with crags, and occasionally adorned 

 ■with some old spire or monastery. On the Danube rugged 

 walls of rock rise on each side, while the river itself sometimes 

 assumes the appearance of a stream, sometimes that of a lake, 

 ■with patches of cultivated ground, small villages, and ruins on 

 its banks. There is a fine panoramic view of the woody prin- 

 cipality of Servia fi om the Sturacz, the highest of the central 

 hills of that country, and belonging to the Rudnik group. The 

 traveller will also be interested in seeing Crnutscha, where Prince 



• In vol. 22, p. 52 of this Journal, the elevation was erroneously stated to 

 be 7000 feet. 



