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CHAP. Having reached the western side, the Ambassador 
^ ..y. I halted until his suite came over. In the first 
part of our journey, the roads were very bad, 
Ma^h. and almost impassable. The village of Magh is 
reckoned only one German mile ' distant from 
Hermans tacit ; but we were half the day in 
reaching it. After ascending a hill, we saw the 
village below us ; and when we arrived, the 
Turks were desirous to dine before we left the 
place. We had great difficulty in procuring 
horses for so large a party ; which made us 
resolve to quit the Embassy, and to represent 
to the Ambassador that it would not only be 
inconvenient, but perhaps impossible, for so 
many carriages to travel post at the same time. 
One German mile beyond Magh, we came to 
Reismarh. ReismarJc. The costume of the women along 
this route is very remarkable, because it resem- 
bles that of the Arahs^ particularly in the attire 
sita, Qullis prope tnontibus incumbentibus imptditur, &c. Hinc 
annua frumenta iu subterraneas foveas, ad multos anaos, citra ullam 
publicae annonae jacturam, conservandi gratia conferuntur: Nee 
desunt molendina triticaria ita laborata, ut null4 arte ab hostibus 
esuriem civitati molientibus, eripi possint : adde quod passim per 
civitatis singulos vicos placidissimo flumine rivulus decurrit." Chorog. 
Tt'onsylv, apud Rer. Hun^ar. Script, p. 573. Franatf. 1600. 
(1) Upon entering the dominions of the Emperor of Germany, the 
traveller no longer finds the distance reckoned by hours, but by 
German miles ; every one of which is equal to two hours. 
