506 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



There are two staple articles of consumption for 

 which Vienna is unequalled, viz. the bread and 

 the beer. The first is very white, light, and 

 unadulterated ; and the second, like liquid amber, 

 is clear, sparkling, and always in good condition 

 from being kept in very cold cellars. The Viennese 

 say the best taps are Schottenhammer's in 

 Nagler Gasse, Daum's in the Kohlmarkt, and Ober- 

 mayer's Bierhalle in Weihburg Gasse, but I found 

 " the malt " equally good throughout the country, 

 and everywhere incomparably superior to the 

 Bavarian beer. 



Some of the Austrian wines, such as Gumpolds- 

 kirchen, Bisamberg, and Voeslaw, are very good, 

 but scarcely equal to those of Hungary, where the 

 soil and sunny hill-sides are quite as favourable for 

 the growth of the vine as the wine districts of 

 France or Rhenish Germany. Tokay, the most 

 delicate and luscious of wines, is the produce of a 

 few vineyards of limited extent, situated on the 

 southern slopes of the Hegy-allia Hills, near the 

 town of Tokay, in Northern Hungary, It is im- 

 possible to buy any of the first quality of this wine, 



