254' FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^MUS, 
there was of his being able to pass. After thisj 
having scarcely any shelter in the carriage, which 
was wet throughout, and the author's fever 
increasing to such a degree that he was almost 
delirious, a covering was found in one of the 
cottages; but the baggage being all on the 
other side of the river, and the rain still con- 
tinuing, so that it could not be opened, there 
was no other alternative than to remain reeking 
upon the bare floor until the morning. The 
good jimbassador, whose own situation was 
scarcely preferable, sitting in his coach during 
the night, almost in the midst of a deluge, was 
nevertheless not unmindful of our situation; 
sending provisions, and messengers to inquire 
after our safety. This village, Kapoka, is per- 
lapoka, or haps thc Napoca of the Tabula Peutins^eriana, 
Napouka. ^ . 
cited by Cellarius\ and the same with the 
N«Toy«a of Ptolemy. 
April 17. — This morning, by means of boats 
brought from other parts of the river, and a 
temporary bridge, the whole of the Embassy, 
together with the baggage, was conducted over, 
and we were again enabled to continue our 
route. The whole country from the Danube, as 
(1) Vide Cellariu7n, lib. ii. c. 8. torn. I. p. 699. Lips. 1701, ■ 
