326 FROM THE CAPITAL OF THE BANNAT, 
ciiAr. in summer, so full of fishes, that the inhabitants 
^-' • say it is then swelled by their prodigious num- 
ber : and, with regard to the Tihiscus, a saying 
is current in the country, that " it contains two 
parts of luater and one oi Jishes\'' The Tihiscus 
antiently separated Dacia from the land of the 
Jazyges Metanast^e, who still retain the name 
of Jaz, and a different language from that of the 
Hungarians'. Having quitted the Bannat, we 
proceeded through Horgos, over sandy roads, 
scgedin. to SegccUu ; a wretched dirty straggling town, 
with a small fortress. The inn here, called the 
Gulden teller, was filthy and detestable ; the 
mistress of it drunk and insolent. There had 
been a fair, which was now concluded. We 
saw nothing that was good in Segedin, excepting 
its bread ; and this was of an excellent quality. 
It served, during the wars with the Turks, as 
did many other obscure towns of Hungary, to 
intercept the Turkish armies in their progress 
(1) This saying is given by Caleot. Martins, in his elegant little 
tract De Diet is et Factis Matlhia, printed at Frank/orl in I6OO. 
(cajj. 6.) " Tibiscum, quero Titiam vocant, non valdfe latum, sed proi 
fundum, qui ade6 fiscosiis est, ut fama sit apud accolas, duos illius 
Jluvii partes etse aquas, tertam vera pisces." 
(2) " Porr6 extat nunc quoque Jazygum 'natio inter Hungaros, 
quos ipsi voce decurtati Jaz vocant, ac retineut iidem etiamnum lin- 
guam suam avitam et peculiarem, Hungaricae dissimilam." Georgia 
f^yhernero, ubi supra. 
