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tains, at the Pass called *' The Iron Gate" A 
lofty range of mountains extends along the 
northern side of the Maros: after crossing the 
river, we began immediately to climb these 
heights. The roads were not bad ; but almost 
the whole journey to Nagyag was up a steep 
ascent: we were five hours, although drawn 
by four horses in a light car, before we reached 
the small town where the mine has been opened. 
As Transylvania is the only country in the 
whole world where tellurium has yet been dis- 
covered', our curiosity was greatly excited to 
view the Nagyag mine. At last, the prospect 
of it opened^ with great boldness of scenery, 
quite among the summits of this mountainous 
region, and in a manner highly picturesque and 
strikino-. The situation of the mine was. dis- 
tinguished by an immense heap of discarded 
minerals, thrown out in working it : above this 
heap appeared the buildings of what is now 
sekerevib, called Na^imsT^. Upon the ris^ht hand towered 
(1) It is only found at Nagyag and at Offenbanya in Transylvania. 
1') The original and proper name of this place is Sekerevib ; but as 
the village of Nagyag, at an hour and a half's distance below it, was the 
nearest inhabited spot when the mine was discovered, Sekeremb has bor- 
rowed the name of the place to which the miners resorted before the 
town was built, which is now called Nugyag. 
