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the ever beautiful effects with which nature has dowered 
the east. 
Splendid it is indeed when the low heavy clouds are robed 
in crimson as the sun sinks behind the hills in a blaze of gold, 
and the purple of the twilight fades into the deep blue of 
night, which already broods mysteriously over the broad 
pusztas, and a thin veil of mist settles on the gliding waters 
of the great river !— 
Flocks of hundreds upon hundreds of crows were flying 
from the plain to their roosting-places, long strings of geese 
with plaintive cries were hastening southwards in their usual 
V-shaped formation, and, just as it was getting dark, we 
reached Mohacs, where we stopped for the night, resuming 
our journey at dawn. 
When I awoke day had already broken, so I hurried on 
deck to look atthe districts which I knew so well. It was a 
sharp but fine morning, a thin mist was floating over the 
water, and the sun was making vain attempts to warm this 
poor earth. With Pausinger for my companion I gazed upon 
the beautiful scenes around me, and as we were passing the 
already described marsh of Hull6, with its gigantic reed-beds 
swaying to and fro in the wind like yellow waves, we saw a 
fine picture of bird-life. A huge Eagle was sitting on the 
summit of an old dead tree which rose from the reeds, and 
another was circling high above us on the outlook for plunder. 
I fired a pistol, and all at once the whole of the great swamp 
became alive with flocks of birds flying hither and thither 
over the reeds. 
On getting beyond the bend at the junction of the Drave 
the high steep banks of the Slavonian side appeared, and 
Ospreys, an Imperial Eagle, and huge imposing Vultures gave 
us opportunities for making some ornithological observations. 
At noon we reached Cerevit, and were all heartily glad 
to see this village again with its two churches and its shining 
