Chap. V. through Hungary^ Thessaly, Macedonia^ 781 
^ame, which on the other Side are fo rich in Metals. 
From Stubn we v/ent on to Eoinitz, croffing the River 
NitraSy and leaving Privitz, a large Town, to the Left 
of us. At Boinitz are alfo five natural Baths, of a very 
gentle Heat, covered all of them under one large Roof. 
Into the Nobleman’s Bath you defcend on ail Sides by 
ffrong Stairs, the ocher four being of Wood, but hand- 
fomely built. 
From hence we continued our Journey to V/ejtomlz^ 
fourteen Englifh Miles, and the next Day to Prenfchin, 
which they count four Hungarian^ or twenty eight Eng- 
lijh Miles, which took us up a whole long Day’s Jour- 
ney. Trenfchin is a very handforne City upon the River 
Waag^ having a very handforne wooden Bridge over 
that River, and a fair Piazza. The Jefuits Church is 
a noble Strufture, ?md the Caftle (belonging to Count 
JellhaJey^') feated very high *, about a Mile from the City 
are two choice Baths, and the Country hereabouts affords 
feveral good Springs of Mineral Waters. Here it was 
that we met with Count Rothal^ who being then on 
his Way to Eperies in Upper Hungary^ to treat in the 
Quality of the Emperor’s Commiffioner, with thofe of 
Jlbaffi Pnwct oi Tranfylvania : I engaged fome of his 
Attendants to make an Enquiry into the Salt Mines 
there, of which they afterv/ards gave me the following 
Account. 
39. About two EnglifJ'j Miles from the faid City of 
Eperies, is a famous Salt Mine 180 Fathoms deep ; for 
the moft Part in an earthy, and not a rocky Ground. 
The Miners defcend it firfl by Ropes, and afterwards 
by Ladders. The Salt Veins are fo large, that entire 
Pieces have been found of 10000 Pound Weight, which 
they commonly cut into long fquare Pieces of two Foot in 
Length, and one inThicknefs j which is afterwards ground 
betwixt two Stones. Though the Mine be cold and moift, 
yet is the Salt not eafily diifolved : Notwithftanding 
which, great Part of the Water of the Mines is fo much 
impregnated with Salt, that when boil’d, it affords a 
bluifh Salt, which the Country People give their Cattle* 
The Colour of the Stone Salt of this Mine is fomewhat 
inclining to a grey ; but when ground to Powder is very 
white, and confifts of pointed Parts, or Foffets. Ano- 
ther Soft of Salt there is alfo, which confifts of Squares 
and Tables ; and they have a third Sort with long Shoots. 
There is alfo fome Difference in the Colour of the Salt 
of this Mine, fome of which is grofly mix’d with the 
Earth participating much of its Colour ; and even that 
which is as pure as Cryftal, often receives divers Tinc- 
tures : I faw once in the Middle of a Cryftal Salt, with 
long Shoots, a delicate blue ; and at the Count of Ro~ 
thaEs, a large Piece of a tranfparent yellow ; fome Pie- 
ces are fo clear and fo hard, that they carve them into 
dilierent Shapes and Figures like Cryftal. Of all thefe 
Sorts I brought fome Pieces with me to England, BuC 
it is Time to take our Farewell of the Mines, and 
to return to our Journey ; which we continued 
near to the River Waag, to Novo Mnefto and the next 
Day CO Tirnaw, feated in a Plain. The following Day 
we reach’d the Danube, and took up our Quarters that 
Night at Prefourgh, (of which we have fpoken before.) 
Here pafling the Danube in two Ferry-boats, we tra- 
velled by Hamburg Tower, by Haimherg Hill, by the 
Povjw oi Haimberg,hy Rogeljhrun, Vtfehet, zndSwechet,> 
to Vienna. We obferved in thofe Countries in Upper 
Hungary, through which we palled. Things wore a quite 
different Face from that of Aufiria, and from what in 
all Likelihood they have been formerly j moft of them< 
having been fubjedt to the Ravages of the Turks and 
Tartars in the laft War, and fome of them being for- 
ced even now to pay a yearly Tribute to iht Turks. The 
Inhabitants live fo m.eanly, that they fcarce afford them- 
felves neceflary Furniture for their Houfes. Even in 
thofe Countries under the Emperor’s Jurifdidfion, many 
of the Inhabitants, htmgtiihtr Lutherans or Cahinijis^ 
and in conftant Fear from the Roman Clergy, are but 
little fatisfied in their Condition. 
Formerly almoft all the Mine-Towns were inhabited 
by Lutherans, but now the Officers are all Roman Ca~ 
tholicks. And at Schemnitz, one of the Lutheran Churches 
was taken from them. And we were inform’d, thac 
Count Palfi had enjoyn’d all his Lutheran Tenants, at 
and about Boinitz, either to change their Religion, or 
to quit their Houfes and Lands. You meet alfo in Pla- 
ces of Hungary with Anabaptijis ; and near the Frontiers 
of Tranfylvania, with Unitarians, Even the Roman Ca- 
tholick Hungarians are not a little jealous of th^Germans, 
and the Court of Vienna ; becaufe they think them pre- 
ferr’d before them, and that their Privileges are not 
well maintain’d, which is the true Source of almoft 
univerfal Difaffedlion. 
Appendix to the former Section. 
A Journey from Vienna to Venice by Land, with a diftindf Account 
of the Quickfilver-Mines in Lriuli, including the Author’s Obferva- 
tions in his Paflage through Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, 
By Dr. E DWARD Browne. 
X. The JTeftgn of the Author’s fourney. A Defeription of the Baths at Baden, four German Miles from, 
Vienna. Remarks upon the Nature and Uje of thefe Baths. 2. A Defeription of the City of Neuftadt, 
and fome other Blaces in Auftria. 3. An Account of the Town of St. Veit, or St. Faith, the Antiqui- 
ties in its Neighbourhood, a?td the fngular Method of infallmg a Duke of Carinthia. 4. A De/crip- 
tion of various Antiquities in this Neighbourhood, and of the Cvoilities paid to the Author, by feveral 
Scotch Officers in the Imperial Service, 5. The wonderful Paffage into Carniola through Mount Luibel, 
refembling that of Paufilipo in the Kingdom of Naples. 6 . An Account of the ancient Nauportus, 
famous for the Landing there of the Argonauts. 7. A curious and copious Defeription of the Zirch- 
nitzer-See, efleemed the greatef natural Curiofity of its Kind in the World. 8. The Author s Journey 
to, and Defeription of the Tluickfilver-Mines at Idria in Friuli. 9. The Authors Remarks upon the 
Country and Inhabitants. lO. An Account of Palmanova, a Fortrefs of the Venetians, held at this 
Time to be the befi in Europe, and confidered as the great Bulwark of that State againfl the Turks. 
1 1. The Author continues his Journey to Venice, and after a fhort Stay there, refolves to return by Land 
to Vienna. 12. A curious Defeription of ' the Venetian Dominions on that Side, and of the different 
Manners of the People on the oppofite Sides of the Bridge over the Fella. 13. Some further Remarks 
upon the Country of Carinthia, and on the Lead and ^ickfilver Mines therein. 14. The Author s 
Remarks on the moft confider able Faff ages in his Journey. 15. Some additional Obfervations upon the 
foregoing SeSlions. 
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