50 jff. Beudant's Travels in Hungary. 



mountains on the left. Near Posing is a vein of quartz, pro- 

 ducing gold ; at Malaszka is one of antimony, and near it ano- 

 ther of gold and silver ; all of these have been worked. Those 

 of silver or gold are similar to what is yielded by the primitive 

 earths at Botza, in the comitat of Lipte, but cannot be com- 

 pared with those of the country of Schemnitz, which are in a 

 soil very different, marked with particular characters, only to 

 be found, elsewhere, in the mines of the New World. 



The lower parts of these mountains, from Presburg to be- 

 yond Posing, are covered with vineyards that produce very 

 good wine, known by the name of St. George; together with 

 the wines of Buda and (Edenburg, it passes at Vienna for one 

 of the best of ordinary wines. 



Having reached Moderna, I quitted the road that leads to 

 Moravia, for that of Tyrnau. Travelling in this direction was 

 unpleasant ; it was over a flat not very fertile, extending on 

 the west and south as far as the horizon, and bounded on the 

 north by very distant mountains. 



Tyrnau is a small but pretty handsome town. I was struck 

 with the air of neatness that pervaded all the houses, which 

 had been lately white- washed, and the window-blinds painted 

 green. Though not really better than cottages, their appear- 

 ance was sprightly and gay. There are several churches ; at 

 some distance nothing appears but steeples, which gives an 

 air to the place of being much more populous, and hence, it 

 has been called Little Rome. The streets are wide and kept 

 clean ; there is a good choice of inns, but I had been recom- 

 mended to the best, the Black Eagle, in the Place, or Market, 

 fronting a large street, at the end of which we discover some 

 part of the buildings of the university. 



Leaving Tyrnau, I had to cross plains where the road ser- 

 pentines, so as frequently to appear diverting us from the 

 object intended. Perhaps my guide had lost the road, but this 

 he would not acknowledge} I was six hours, however, in 

 reaching Freystadt, (Galgotz, Hung.) a distance of only four 

 leagues. Here, after crossing the Vag, we find along the 

 water side a very agreeable promenade, on the declivity of a 

 hill which has a castle on its summit. The situation was de- 

 lightful, and formed a contrast with the dreary plain I had just 

 been traversing. 



At Freystadt I noticed a considerable magazine of mill- 

 stones, conveyed from the quarries of Konigsberg. Leaving 

 Freystadt, I had to travel tip and down hill, with no shelter 

 from the sun, and afterwards through a wood, where the shade 

 was doubly refreshing. I then reached a point of view where 

 the city of Nyitra lay in a sort of basin below, It was pleasant 



