156 FIFTEEN DAYS ON THE DANUBE. 



ments, at which Brehm, whose headache had slowly passed 

 off, also assisted. 



All our plans had now to be changed, for it was impossible 

 to get to Brehm's decoy-hut at the hour that I and my 

 brother-in-law had proposed, as the road from here would be 

 much too long in the night-time, so Count Chotek suggested 

 that we should in the morning carry out an entirely new 

 plan, which had been originally reserved for the day after. 



When everything had been thoroughly discussed, our very 

 kind host left the steamer and went home, and we also sought 

 the repose which we had so long been in need of, for Leopold 

 and I had passed a fatiguing day, having been constantly 

 moving about in this terrible heat since three o'clock in the 

 morning. 



