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FIFTEENTH DAY. 



THE sun was already shining pleasantly into our cabins when 

 we awoke, and found to our great astonishment that the 

 steamer was at a standstill, and that we were quietly lying at 

 the quay of Pest, just at the very place below the suspension 

 bridge from which we had set off a fortnight ago. When 

 breakfast was over we went on deck to admire this beautiful 

 town, which looked very fine in the morning sunlight, and 

 then gave our people their final orders ; for the steamer, with 

 all our effects, skins, and tolerably large menagerie, was to 

 go on to Vienna in order to facilitate their transport. 



When all was in order we left the vessel, and I confess 

 that it was not without a twinge of regret that I took leave of 

 this brave craft which had done us such good service, and on 

 which we had spent so many pleasant hours. 



From the landing-place we drove to the station, where, to 

 our great delight, we found Count Rudolf Chotek, the 

 amiable proprietor of the Fruska-Grora. He was on his way 

 to his other estates in the north-eastern part of Hungary, so 

 we travelled together, and the journey passed quickly and 

 pleasantly except for the great heat. 



We had a good deal of talk about the incidents of the 

 expedition, with which we had certainly reason to be well 

 satisfied, seeing what we had accomplished in so short a 

 time. 



The proceeds of the journey were : 



