CHAPTER XXI. 



PENCILLINGS IN AUSTRIA. 



" There was one whose brow 



Dark with hot climates, and gashed o'er with scars, 



Told of the toiling march, the battle rush, 



Where sabres flashed, the red shots flew, and not 



One ball or blow but did destruction's work ; 



But then his heart was high, and his pulse beat 



Proudly and fearlessly. Now he was worn 



With many a long day's suflering." 



L. E. L. 



The Danube, Diirrenstein.— 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 Yorder See and the Hinter See. — A night in a 

 ch^telet. — The ascent of the Dachstein. — Grand panorama. — 

 Life in high altitudes.— The Tyrolese. — Eifle practice. — A /Se^i 

 Eiitte. — ^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. 



I LEFT Vienna soon after daybreak, starting by 



steamer from the pier near the Franz Joseph gate, 



and proceeded by the canal to Nussdorf, on the 



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