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Debreczen, the largest city on the plain, is well worth a 
visit. A cordial welcome is always given to English parties. 
The Burgomaster himself and other officials and many of 
the inhabitants greeted the Lecturer and his friends. At 
Arad will be seen a monument to thirteen Hungarian generals 
who surrendered to the Russians and Austrians in 1849. 
Though of noble birth the Austrians put them all to an 
ignominious death, and this dreadful deed is kept in memory 
by the Hungarians by anniversary days, processions, monu- 
ments, and so on. Yet in spite of this and other indignities 
which the Hungarians have suffered at the hands of the 
Austrians, they would be willing to shake hands with the 
latter and be friendly, provided that the Austrians will frankly 
acknowledge the equality of Hungary. 
One feature of the district is that along the roads miles 
of fruit trees are to be found, the product of which goes towards 
paying for the upkeep of the roads. Since 1897 250,000 fruit 
trees have been planted along 2,150 miles of state roads in 
Hungary, and of these 98,000 were mulberry trees. The 
others are chiefly apple, cherry, pear, plum and almond trees. 
In conclusion the Lecturer expressed the hope that Britons 
and Hungarians would soon become better acquainted and 
by mutual help increase each other’s prosperity. 
