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Danube branching into many different streams, form- 
ing pretty green islands, and the whole of the broad 
valley far into Hungary. In a fine day, it is said 
the towers of Pressburg, forty miles off, may be dis- 
tinguished. The Danube, which is here as large as 
the Niagara, broad and swift, washes the base of the 
mountains, and the view up the river, though not so 
extensive, is more picturesque. I collected a handful 
of plants, bid good-by to Vienna, and descended, slept 
on shore, and was on board the boat in time to start 
with it at five o’clock this morning. 
This is the first time I have slept in a genuine Ger- 
man bed, —a feather-bed beneath, and an eider-down 
bed the only cover. It is inclosed in a sheet like a 
pillow-case, and under this you creep. In the winter 
it might do very well, but at this time of the year it is 
very oppressive. The upper sheet here I find, in all 
cases, is tied fast to the coverlet, which is all of one 
piece, and just long enough to cover a moderately 
sized man like sessiault from the chin to the toes. A 
taller person must choose between his shoulders and 
his toes, for they cannot both be covered. 
Living is dear in Vienna. I stopped at a cheap 
hotel, being aware of this, and lived as economically 
as I well could, but I find I have made way witha very 
considerable sum. The only way to travel cheaply 
anywhere on the Continent is not to be in a hurry, 
and to understand the language. 
Notabilia for Dr. T.—I have seen Corda? at 
Vienna. He is one of the curators of the collection at 
Prague, and was at Vienna on a visit. Learning that 
I was there, he called and left his card. I afterwards 
1A,C. J. Corda, 1809-1849. Prague. A distinguished mycologist. 
Lost at sea on returning from America. 
