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milk also, which can be sold at a high price. And then in 

 some parts of the country they make cheese of this sheep's 

 milk, while the skin, with wool still on, is worn by them as 

 clothing. I saw many pitiable looking objects in this dress. 

 Indeed it is a favorite clothing of the peasants in some parts of 

 Hungary. The old " natives " have very long wool, often 

 almost dragging on the ground, notwithstanding their long legs. 

 Their horns are also long, spiral and erect. They are kept out 

 most of the year and run on the mountains under the charge 

 of shepherds. They will yield, it is said, about fifteen or twenty 

 pounds of cheese a year per sheep, and from four to six pounds 

 of unwashed wool. 



Of the pigs that I saw in Hungary I cannot say much. I 

 am inclined to think the population is to a considerable extent 

 Jewish, and that they eschew pork, in which I think they are 

 right; otherwise it is probable that something would have been 

 done to improve upon nature, and the specimens that came 

 under my observation did not lead me to the conclusion that 

 this had been the case. They gave evidence enough that they 

 were capital subsoilers, and that if they could have their way 

 the agriculture of the country would not long manifest such a 

 deplorable want of this characteristic operation of good farming. 



Passing by railway through Silesia, we see a country now 

 highly cultivated and productive and then apparently neglected 

 and ill used, and come to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, now a 

 dependent of Austria. Prague is a principal seat of an extensive 

 and important commerce in glass, that beautifully colored, 

 known as Bohemian glass. It is an attractive city of nearly a 

 hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, situated upon the 

 Moldaw and stretching a long distance on either shore. There 

 is the old bridge, the scene of many a hard struggle, over which 

 poured the bold forces of Wallenstein, lined at every four feet 

 with statues battered and broken in many a siege ; among 

 them old John of Nepomuk, the patron saint of Prague, whose 

 mausoleum is to be seen in the cathedral. Crosses and images, 

 indeed, line the road and crown the hill tops all through the 

 country. There is also a l)eautiful chain bridge. AVallenstein's 

 palace, and the lordly castle that overlooks the city, are worthy 

 of a careful visit. 



