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Danube branching into many different streams, form- 

 ing pretty green islands, and the whole of the broad 

 valley far into Hungary. In a fine day, it is said 

 the towers of Pressburg, forty miles off, may be dis- 

 tinguished. The Danube, which is here as large as 

 the Niagara, broad and swift, washes the base of the 

 mountains, and the view up the river, though not so 

 extensive, is more picturesque. I collected a handful 

 of plants, bid good-by to Vienna, and descended, slept 

 on shore, and was on board the boat in time to start 

 with it at five o'clock this morning. 



This is the first time I have slept in a genuine Ger- 

 man bed, a feather-bed beneath, and an eider-down 

 bed the only cover. It is inclosed in a sheet like a 

 pillow-case, and under this you creep. In the winter 

 it might do very well, but at this time of the year it is 

 very oppressive. The upper sheet here I find, in all 

 cases, is tied fast to the coverlet, which is all of one 

 piece, and just long enough to cover a moderately 

 sized man like myself from the chin to the toes. A 

 taller person must choose between his shoulders and 

 his toes, for they cannot both be covered. 



Living is dear in Vienna. I stopped at a cheap 

 hotel, being aware of this, and lived as economically 

 as I well could, but I find I have made way with a very 

 considerable sum. The only way to travel cheaply 

 anywhere on the Continent is not to be in a hurry, 

 and to understand the language. 



Notabilia for Dr. T. I have seen Corda 1 at 

 Vienna. He is one of the curators of the collection at 

 Prague, and was at Vienna on a visit. Learning that 

 I was there, he called and left his card. I afterwards 



1 A. C. J. Corda, 1809-1849. Prague. A distinguished mycologist. 

 Lost at sea on returning from America. 



