318 TEMESWAR, 
CHAP. From the time that we entered the Banndt, 
V— V ' at Kossova, the country appeared like Flanders; 
being flat, and entirely destitute of trees, ex- 
cepting in the neighbourhood of the villages. 
Climate of The air of the Bannat is not sfood : aofues and 
inflammatory fevers are extremely prevalent. 
The sudden transitions of temperature are as 
from July to January. At Lugos, a pound of 
mutton cost only tivopence-halfpenmj of our money. 
Loaf-^?/^«r sold as high as half-a-crown. After 
leaving Lugos, we passed through Kisseto, and 
Temeiwar, Rikass, to Temeswar, the Capital of the Bannat; 
a lleat and large fortified town, but in a low 
and swampy plain. We arrived in the 
evening, about six o'clock. Red Tokay wine 
sells here for two florins a pint: the common 
Descrip. wluc of the couutry is very good. The Bannat, 
coumry^'' surrounded as it is, on every side, by rivers, 
excepting towards the east, may be considered 
as a peninsula: it is about one hundred and 
thirty-two English miles in length, and ninety, or 
a hundred, in breadth. The soil is extremely 
fertile. Silk plantations spread almost over 
the whole country; and orchards of peach, 
cherry, and plum trees, are common. But all 
the inhabitants of Temeswar are aftected by the 
bad air, so that a healthy-looking person is 
hardly to be seen among them. Born 
