FROM BUKOREST, 
marks the point of division between the two 
countries. We passed a sleepless night in the 
small post-house at Kossova, being tormented 
by bugs ; and some that we saw were as large 
as wood-lice. The hussars accompanied us as 
far as Lugos. The next morning (^May 5) we 
rose at three o'clock, and, when day-light ap- 
Fazced. pcarcd, set out for Fazced; where we found a 
good inn. Here we overtook all our old Turkish 
friends belonging to the Embassy. The Am- 
bassador seemed glad to see us safe, asking 
questions about the mines ; but it was impossible 
either to make him comprehend the peculiar 
inducement which had tempted us to visit those 
of Nagyag, or to excite in his mind any cu- 
riosity respecting mines in general. Prince 
Muruzi accompanied us the next; post, from 
Fazced to Bossar. The hussars being in full 
speed the whole way before us, our postillion 
insisted upon pursuing them, galloping his 
horses at a furious rate. "We passed the 
Turkish escort upon the road ; and the officer 
who commanded it called to us, saying it was 
unlawful to drive at such a rate ; but nothing 
that he or we could say served to check our 
insensate driver; and we performed the dis- 
tance to Bossar in less than three-quarters of an 
hour. Hence, to Lugos, is one post and a 
Bossa 
