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Mlinz, so, after some little consultation amongst 

 ourselves, we followed the advice of an inhabitant 

 who chanced to be in the coifee-room of the hotel, 

 and finding all our remonstrances with the land- 

 lord ineffectual, proceeded to the chief magistrate, 

 and laid a complaint against the landlord. The 

 process was a remarkably summary one. The 

 magistrate looked at our bill, then at a tariff of 

 the usual charges in the other hotels in Temesvar, 

 and at once decided that we were to pay schein 

 instead of Mlinz florins, and fined the hotel-keeper 

 sixteen florins for an attempt at extortion. The 

 whole affair was settled in a few minutes ; we lost 

 no time by our proceedings, and we all left Te- 

 mesvar in high admiration of the speedy and 

 effectual manner in which we had seen justice 

 administered. 



Oh ! the misery indescribable of travelling in 

 a Hungarian wagen ! I may spell it wagen, be- 

 cause it is a German word, but, in point of fact, 

 it is a waggon — a downright rough, strong wag- 

 gon, without springs. The wagen on which we 

 travelled to Temesvar held six, sitting two and 

 two^ the seats being boards strapped to the sides 

 of the wagen. Only the two hindmost persons, 



