IN THE LAND OF THE BOH A. 155 



This last article should be brought from 

 England, and duty paid at the Austrian frontier. 



I calculated that the expense of our first two 

 months' trip, exclusive, of course, of stay in towns, 

 but including boats, etc., averaged <£1 a week for 

 two persons. 



The Austrian coinage, being in a transition 

 state, is a little puzzling at first. A simple rule, 

 however, is the following : All money bearing the 

 imperial eagle (or Hungarian crowm), and not a 

 head, has only half its face value in Jcreutzers. The 

 coins in question are the new coinage, and are 

 made in 20 and 10 (nickel) and 2 (copper) pieces. 

 Their value thus is 10, 5, and 1 Jcreutzers respec- 

 tively. Some of the islanders still reckon by the 

 old Venetian money, which is simply maddening ; 

 and in other districts they calculate by the secJiser, 

 or 10-kreutzer piece. 



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We now come to the question of camp equip- 

 ment, and this of course is a heavy item, of wdiich 

 the principal expense is the tent. Ours cost about 

 c£13, and the experience of the trip only goes to 

 prove that the opinion I have so often previously 

 expressed, that there is no tent to touch Captain 



