EXTRACTS 



PROM 



'A JOURNEY IN THE EAST.'* 



ON the 9th of February, 1881, a cold winter's day, a small 

 but enterprising party of travellers started. It consisted of 

 my uncle the Grand Duke of Tuscany, General Count 

 Waldburg, Abbot Mayer the Court Chaplain, Major von 

 Eschenbacher, Count Josef Hoyos, the painter Pausinger, and 

 myself. 



In Miramar our old friend the ship of the same name was 

 awaiting us, with Captain Rodiger, L.S., and Lieutenants 

 Count Chorinsky, Hahn, Sachs, and Resnicek, and also our 

 travelling physician, Doctor Hirsch. 



Lissa was passed on Feb. llth, and on the 12th the vessel 

 reached Corfu, where we did not land on account of the 

 prevalence of confluent smallpox in the island, but steamed 

 further on to the bay of Kardaki, which we intended to 

 explore in our boats. 



There a few herons, some large and small cormorants, and 

 various ducks and divers took wing as soon as we tried to get 



* < Eine Orient Reise/ pub. Vienna, 1884. 



