146 Drs Hoppe and Hbrnscbueh’s. Tour to the Coast of the 
blocked up by the immense quantity of snow that had. fallen, — 
greater than was ever before known. Nevertheless, they were 
not deterred from their enterprise, but set out, and reached 
Oberlaybach, 4 hours, in the evening, 
“ Prewald , Feb. 16. — A ride in a Carniola sledge. — Wehaye 
to-day travelled over a tract of country of 12 hours in ex- 
tent ; which, for the quantity of snow, might vie with Siberia in 
the depth of winter. 
“ We were comfortably served in the post-house at Upper 
Lay bach ; supplied with a regular supper, and we slept in good 
beds, in a well aired room ; for which,, however, we paid, includr 
ing our breakfast, 4 florins and 12 creutzers of our money. 
When we were within 2 hours of Upper Laybach, we found 
traces of the snow-storms of which we heard yesterday, such as 
were never known in the memory of the oldest man ; and we 
experienced great difficulty in walking through the deep snow. 
The accounts we had of the state of the roads between that place 
and Prewald were still worse. We, therefore,, gladly embraced 
the opportunity which chanced to present itself, of proceeding 
for 3 posts in a return sledge, which had plenty of straw and 
a woollen covering. For 3 florins, with the aid of two small but 
swift horses, we had a ride in a sledge of the country through 
Loitsch and Planina to Adlersberg, where we arrived sufficient- 
ly early in the afternoon, to proceed without much fatigue to 
Prewald. During this ride, we travelled continually over a road 
of deep loose snow, with high banks of snow on each side of us, 
presenting a most remarkable scene. Nova Zembla could ex- 
hibit nothing of the kind more extraordinary. The villages by 
the road-side were buried in snow ; and nothing but their roofs 
could be discerned. If Planina, situatedin a level country, of- 
fered so singular an aspect, how much more imposing was the 
view of the lofty range of the Adlersberg, which we reached by 
a serpentine road, made with great art. Many hundred men 
were employed in clearing these roads, and waggons and sledges 
were here and there buried in the snow. Men and cattle were 
found frozen ; and, amongst others, two soldiers standing up 
right, with their arms in their hands. At Prewald, we found a 
great number of men and carriages ; and we counted ourselves 
