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river Styx. This is the last you see of the river 

 Poik ; but the Unz, which bursts forth a large stream 

 from the rocks at Planina, is believed to be the same. 

 This river is crossed by a bridge. Then we went on 

 to another hall about three quarters of a mile from 

 the entrance ; the ball-room, where a large gathering 

 of peasants of the surrounding country, in their na- 

 tional costume, were dancing waltzes in the bowels of 

 the earth ! 



Hiatus vastus. I left this account of the Adels- 

 berg Grotto, and my journey through Illyria and Sty- 

 ria, for the first convenient opportunity, a time that 

 never comes, so now I must send it as it is. The 

 grotto is wonderful past all description, and our visit 

 was very opportune ; the whole scene not soon to be 

 forgotten. 



29th May. It rained all day yesterday, so Schon- 

 brunn was out of the question, and I spent the morn- 

 ing again at the Cabinet of Botany ; and after dinner 

 Philip and myself, in spite of the rain, set out to visit 

 the imperial picture-gallery in the Upper Belvedere 

 Palace, which is finely situated in one of the suburbs. 

 The gallery is very extensive and excellent, especially 

 in the Dutch school, and we had barely time to finish 

 our hasty reconnoissance before it closed for the night. 

 I had a fine view of the city from the windows of the 

 upper story. We stopped at a cafe on our way home, 

 took some lemonade and ice-cream, while I read " Ga- 

 lignani's Messenger " for English news. This morn- 

 ing I went to the gallery as usual, and after working 

 for a little time, Mr. Putterlich, 1 the sub-assistant, 



1 Aloys Putterlich, 1810-1845 ; keeper of the Botanical Museum, 

 Vienna. 



