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FOURTEENTH DAY. 



THE sun was just rising brilliantly in the eastern sky and 

 gilding with its first beams the splendid woods of Draueck, 

 when we stepped on deck to enjoy the invigorating morning 

 air. 



All night long the steamer had been continuously going 

 up-stream, and we had slipped quickly past Cerevic and the 

 splendid mountains of the Fruska-Gora. We now intended 

 to halt somewhere above Draueck, and to ramble through the 

 Hullo swamp from that point a plan really originated by 

 Brehm, who, while we were engaged in our excursions in the 

 Apatin " auen," had, on one of his trips, reached this large and 

 imposing wooded marsh, and was now desirous of investigating 

 it more thoroughly. 



Our steamer stopped at a charming spot about a mile above 

 the junction of the Drave with the Danube, where we saw on 

 the left bank the great "auen," which extended to Draueck, 

 while on the right a thin strip of wood ran between the bank 

 and the marsh. Looking upwards, there was a wonderful 

 view of the river girt by its splendid forests of the deepest 

 green; but downwards the prospect, which was also bounded 

 by woods, only extended as far as the great bend of the 

 stream. 



Once more we were in the midst of this striking district, 

 that had so enchanted us a week ago, and on seeing these 

 grand scenes again we were filled with such an increase of 

 wonder and admiration that we stood spellbound on the 

 deck. 



Breakfast having been despatched, the arrangements for 



