214 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. [1839, 
river Styx. This is the last you see of the river 
Poik; but the Unz, which bursts forth a large stream 
from the rocks at Planina, is believed to be the same. 
This river is crossed by a bridge. Then we went on 
to another hall about three quarters of a mile from 
the entrance; the ball-room, where a large gathering 
of peasants of the surrounding country, in their na- 
tional costume, were dancing waltzes in the bowels of 
the earth! 
Hiatus vastus. — I left this account of the Adels- 
berg Grotto, and my journey through Illyria and Sty- 
ria, for the first convenient opportunity, —a time that 
never comes,—so now I must send it as itis. The 
grotto is wonderful past all description, and our visit 
was very opportune ; the whole scene not soon to be 
forgotten. 
29th May. — It rained all day yesterday, so Schén- 
brunn was out of the question, and I spent the morn- 
ing again at the Cabinet of Botany; and after dinner 
Philip and myself, in spite of the rain, set out to visit 
the imperial picture-gallery in the Upper Belvedere 
Palace, which is finely situated in one of the suburbs. 
The gallery is very extensive and excellent, especially 
in the Dutch school, and we had barely time to finish 
our hasty reconnoissance before it closed for the night. 
I had a fine view of the city from the windows of the 
upper story. We stopped at a café on our way home, 
took some lemonade and ice-cream, while I read “ Ga- 
lignani’s Messenger ” for English news. This morn- 
ing I went to the gallery as usual, and after working 
for a little time, Mr. Putterlich, the sub-assistant, 
1 Aloys Putterlich, 1810-1845; keeper of the Botanical Museum, 
Vienna. 
