to THE MINES OF CREMNITZ. 33/ 
upon the Governor of Pest (Baron Leeuwen), chap. 
and afterwards upon the Governor of Buda , ^^' , 
{General Orft), requesting- a passport, and per- 
mission to visit the Mines of Schemnitz and 
Cremnitz. We were assured that we might go to 
any of the Hungarian mines, without any other 
passport than that which we had brought from 
Constantinople. At Buda we heard that the Bnu*. 
Diet would soon be assembled at Presburg, and 
that the Prince of the Palatinate was there. We Paiacc. 
were permitted to see the palace belonging 
to his Highness, as it was furnished by the 
present Emperor of Russia, after the marriage 
of the Prince with his sister. It was really 
magnificent : indeed there are few finer palaces 
in Europe; and the furniture bespoke the 
wealth and pomp of the sovereign by whom 
it was presented. Among other articles, there 
was a table of very great size, which consisted 
entirely of massive silver, embossed, and orna- 
mented with sculpture : the other tables were 
each of one entire mass of coloured glass. 
We saw also a superb collection of the most 
costly minerals of Siheria\ The ball-room was 
of immense magnitude ; and many of the other 
(1) Among:tliese may lie mentioned a superb crystal of /f^//)am (the 
ferruglnal Scheelin of Hauij and of Brogniart) , in its matrix; also 
a ruby of the size of a hazel-nut ; and many of the gohl ores of Siberia. 
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