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men made their appearance, and followed my example 

 without any further to-do. Also one or two ladies 

 arrived, took off their garments, and hoisted themselves 

 into the next enclosure, chatting and laughing all the 

 time quite unconcernedly. 



The bath had given me a prodigious appetite, and I 

 did full justice to the breakfast put before me in a 

 most appetizing manner. I well remember the delicious 

 flavour of the trout, quite equal to that of the Traun 

 stream ; nor are there many such views to season the 

 enjoyment of the hour as those from my verandah at 

 Myanooshta, and from the terrace of Bauer's Hotel, 

 at Ischl, although quite different one from the other, 

 still each unrivalled of its kind. 



Unfortunately, about noon it began to rain, and 

 I had to content myself spending the day indoors, 

 writing and sketching, filling in a bit of colour when- 

 ever there was a short interval of sunshine. In the 

 afternoon a very clever village joiner dropped in to 

 exhibit specimens of his art, and I was very much 

 pleased with a quaintly -shaped table, fitted with 

 numerous little drawers and silver handles, besides a 

 movable reading-desk, the whole being covered with 

 small pieces of veneering of various kinds of wood, 

 every piece differing in form and grain from its neigh- 

 bour. I made a cautious bid for this pretty bit of 



