NINTH DAY.] THE TEA UN. 271 



England, and by means of it follow the analogies of 

 salt and fresh water fishes. But the time for our 

 parting is almost arrived. Let us drink a glass each 

 of this old wine of the Danube to our next happy 

 meeting, and go and take a last look of the Pall of 

 Traun, whilst our carriages are preparing. 



[They walk to the rock above the Fall of the Traun.} 



HAL. See, the cataract is now in great beauty ; 

 the river above is coloured by the setting sun, and 

 the glow of the rosy light on the upper stream is 

 beautifully and wonderfully contrasted with the tints 

 of the cataract below. Have you ever seen anything 

 so fine ? 



POIET. The lights are beautiful; but I have 

 certainly seen a finer combination of features in the 

 Fall of the Velino, at Terni, though that water is not 

 clear ; but, even with this defect, it is certainly the 

 most perfect of European falls. This cascade of the 

 Traun, though not so elevated as that of Terni, and 

 not so large as that of Schaffhausen, yet, from its 

 perfect clearness, and the harmony of the surrounding 

 objects, ranks high, as to picturesque effect, amongst 

 the waterfalls of Europe; and the wonderful trans- 

 parency of its pale-green water gives it a peculiar 

 charm in my eyes, enhanced as it is now by the light 

 of the glowing western sky ; and the tints of the 



