38 M. Beudanfs Travels in Hungary. 



die of the mountains of Tryberg, I beheld with pleasure, the 

 first waters of the Danube #t their source; the course of the 

 river I was afterwards to pursue, though at a great distance. 

 At Riedlingen, the hilly country ceases, and all appearances 

 announce our entering into plains. 



The vast plains of Bavaria, the soil of which is covered with 

 sand and calcareous fragments, reminded me of the plains of 

 Switzerland, of which they form a continuation. They are 

 only separated by hills of no great height, which mark the 

 division of the waters between the Danube and the Rhine. 

 The Bavarian plains are bordered by the same calcareous mat- 

 ters, as form the two sides of the great valley of Switzerland. 



After crossing these plains very rapidly, I proceeded towards 

 Salzburg, intending, by the way, to take a view of the salt 

 mines, which constitute the riches of that country. From 

 Munich to Peiss, along the route of Rosenheim, we travel 

 throughout in a plain that has no undulations, but the country 

 rises gently afterwards, and we pass over a long ridge of hills, 

 in general, richly clothed with vegetation, and presenting 

 aspects extremely diversified. The lake of Chiem, which is 

 not less than ten leagues in circumference, and which we coast 

 along, in passing from Rosenheim to Traunstein, has a fine 

 effect, as surveyed with the hills that surround it. 



At Traunstein, the town on the top of a hill pretty lofty, and 

 the immense buildings of salt works at the foot of it, commu- 

 nicating with the town by covered escaliers, (staircases) erected 

 on the slope of the hill, exhibit a total not a little striking, and 

 which, from the heights that border the lake of Chiem, on the 

 east, are truly picturesque. The buildings for the works, and 

 the large toll-house on the Traun, by which wood is conveyed 

 into the timber yards, must necessarily arrest the attention of 

 every traveller who would investigate the nature of great com- 

 mercial establishments. There is an admirable order in the 

 management ; the salt water is brought from Reichenhall, and 

 from Berchtesgaden, ten leagues distant, over two chains of 

 very high mountains, by machines and pumps at regular dis- 

 tances. The water is finally brought into an immense reser- 

 voir in the centre of the buildings, for evaporating it by fire. 

 Round the reservoir are eight large coppers and immense ware- 

 houses over them. The furnaces are very well constructed, 

 and the combustible materials are husbanded with exact 

 economy. 



From* the toll-house is a little causeway, and a very agree- 

 able path that leads towards Reichenall. Advancing towards 

 Itzel, the hills get higher, and beyoucj that village are moun- 



