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— Sea birds. — " Submarine life." — " Black Jesuits." — Santa 

 Antonio. — Santa Isabel. — The Hadji's retreat. — Captain 

 Eichard P. Burton. — The Consulate. — Yellow Jack. — 

 Bonny. — Great mortality. — Eeturn to England. 



CHAPTER XX. 



Pencillings in Austria . . . .482 



The " seven days' " campaign. — The Zund-Nadel Gewehr. — 

 Austrian officers. — Our social system. — The seventh day 

 in England and Sunday in Vienna. — The Prater. — The 

 ■ Haupt-HaUee. — The imperial family. — Distinguished per- 

 sonages. — The belles of Vienna and their different styles 

 of beauty— The Stadt Park.— The Volksgarten.— The 

 Augarten. — The environs of Vienna. — Schonbrunn. — Hiet- 

 zing. — Les agremens de la vie. — Austrian wines. — " Les 

 divertissements de soir." — Baden, and the virtue of the 

 waters. — Laxenbourg. — Austria essentially a sporting 

 nation — Racing prospect. 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



Pencillings in Austria . . . .513 



The Danube, Dilrrenstein. — Aschach. — The falls of the 

 Traun. — Gmunden. — The purchase system. — Ischl, and 

 its recreations. — Preparations for a trip to the mountains. 

 — Hallstadt. — Our guide. — The Vorder See and the Hinter 

 See. — A night in a chatelet. — The ascent of the Dachstein. 

 ' — Grand panorama. — Life in high altitudes. — The Tyrolese. 

 — Eifle practice. — A Sen Hilitee. — A hunter's dish. — 

 Morning on the mountains. — Chamois afoot. — Two lucky 

 shots. — The advantages of a breech-loading rifle. — A long 

 shot. — The return. — An accident. — The joys of a chamois 

 hunter. 



APPENDIX. 



On a Sportsman's Equipment .... 547 



