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that it was an instrument to observe the firmament with. I 

 could not perceive one man while I stopped in the village, 

 which was more than an hour, or even in the neighbourhood. 

 One woman offered to conduct me on a road that would 

 take me to Viszoka, but I walked quicker than her, and she 

 left me with a direction to go on straight forward, although 

 there was no road. 



Arriving at the heights near Viszoka, about four o'clock, I 

 found myself very much fatigued, having, for two nights, slept 

 in a manner in the open air. After leaving Hodritz, where I 

 dined on a bacon salad, I could get nothing to eat but black 

 bread and milk. In lieu of descending to Steinbach, where I 

 might take post, I renewed my ramble, and was near being 

 lost in the mountains of Szitnaj my compasses became my 

 guide in the woods, and night did not overtake me till 1 had 

 reached the heights of Windchacht, where I recovered my 

 knowledge of the road. About eleven I reached Schemnitz, so 

 exhausted that I was unable to stir out the next day. This 

 was one of my most fatiguing journeys, and brought on a pain 

 in my eyes that was very troublesome and did not leave me 

 while I remained in the country. I attributed this to the cool- 

 ness of the nights, the more dangerous from the great heat of 

 the day-time. Frequently after 20 or 25 degrees of heat during 

 the day, I have known the thermometer fall down to 12 in the 

 night. Such a difference, with the humidity that attends it, 

 produced an effect on my organs only to be conceived by those 

 that have had the like experience. I would earnestly recom- 

 mend to foreigners, travelling in Hungary, to wear warm cloth- 

 ing sufficient to be a protection in case of passingthe night abroad. 

 The peasants, who often lie in the open air, have the precaution 

 to carry about them pelisses of sheep's skin. For my own 

 part, obliged to be frequently on foot, and having sometimes 

 two or three men with me that would soon be loaded with 

 stones, I was unable to make a due provision beforehand, 

 and though my constitution was robust, my health was some- 

 what impaired. J would not advise any one to venture him- 

 self in Hungary as I have done, without previously consulting 

 his physical and moral constitution. Much depends on the 

 force of habit, on energy of character, and, above all, on the 

 enthusiasm of a naturalist to brave the privations and fatigues 

 incidental to such journeys. 



EXCURSION IN THE VALLEY OF GLASSHUTTE. 



There are two roads to pass from Schemnitz to Glasshutte, 

 one a footway over the mountain of Szallas, the other a high 

 road through the basin of Schemnitz, to the foot of the moun- 



