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the wooded valleys of the Wiener Wald and the neighbourhood 
of Purkersdorf and Hainbach. The glades, woods, streams, 
and steep slopes were very much the same, only here in the 
Fruska-Gora the mountain-ridges were much higher and more 
imposing than they are in the Wiener Wald. 
When we had driven a little way we came to a wire fence, 
which ran right across the glade and up the slopes on both 
sides. Here we passed through a gate, and Count Chotek 
told us that he had made this fence to assist in preventing the 
Roe and Red Deer from straying into the vineyards and fields, 
for this was the principal pass towards the peasants’ holdings, 
as the woods here advanced more into the open country 
than at any other part. The further we went along the 
bottom of the valley the more silent and lonely the country 
became, and not the slightest sign of a house or the least 
trace of attention to the roads or the management of the 
woods indicated the neighbourhood of human settlements. [ 
have never come across a more uninhabited woodland solitude 
even in the most remote valleys of our Alps. 
We soon arrived at a charmingly situated little shooting- 
lodge, with a stag’s head over the gate, the well laid-out 
gardens in front of the house showing that it must often be 
occupied by the owners of the shooting, while some small huts 
belonging to the keepers and the woodmen gave a little ad- 
ditional life to the scene. This is the place where the Count 
and his guests pass a few days during the rutting-season of 
the stags, using it as a starting-point for their shooting ex- 
peditions. It contained only one simply furnished room, with 
two beds, a kitchen, and some accommodation for servants. 
The Count proudly directed our attention toa Griffon Vulture 
which was stuffed and placed in the gentlemen’s apartment. 
This bird is very rare in the Fru8ka-Gora, and he had killed 
it with the rifle some years ago when returning from deer- 
stalking. Lower down the Danube this vulture is common 
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