286 
FROM BUKOREST, 
CHAP. Here every thing wore a new aspect; — immense 
plains of waving corn ; jolly, smiling peasants ; 
III. 
Herman- 
stadt, or 
Cibiniuvi, 
nothing, 
in 
stout cattle ; numerous villages 
short, that seemed like the country we had 
quitted. At four hours' distance from Rothen- 
thiirn, we arrived at Hermanstadt, formerly 
called Cibinium ' : it had also the name of 
Hermanopolis ; whence Hermanstadt, from an Em^ 
per or of the O^^rog^o/A^ of the name oi Hermannus^y 
supposed to have been its founder. It is the 
capital of the province, a large and opulent 
town, full of inhabitants, situate in a campaign 
country. Hermanstadt contains fifteen thou- 
sand inhabitants. A theatre is opened only 
during the summer. There are three monasteries 
in the town for men, and one convent for women. 
The monasteries are, one for Ex-Jesuits, one for 
Catholics of the Franciscan order, and one for 
Greek monks of the order of St. Basil. There 
are, besides, two public schools ; one for Pro- 
testants, and one for Greeks. In the square 
there is a statue, the name of which we did not 
learn. The sight of handsome female faces at 
(1) "Cibinium, sive Hermanopolis, \u\go Hermanstadt, ch^vlI pro- 
vinciae est." C/ut;erio, lib. iv. cap. 19. p. 285. e6.. Reisk. Land. IIW. 
(2) Probably Hermanric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths, mentioned 
by Gibbon, vol. IV. p. 319. 8vo. edit. 
