342 FROM THE CAPITAL OF THE BANNAT, 
CHAP, laid out according to the English taste. The 
^ , ^- ' Baroness Leemven had the name of Bodanovich 
before she married ; and being nearly related 
to an English Countess, she made many 
inquiries respecting our Country. We then 
Theatre of went to the principal theatre, to see the comedy 
of Inhle and Yarico performed in the German 
language. The price of a box, to contain six 
persons, was three Jlorins. The other theatre 
of Pest is appropriated solely to the amusement 
of the lower class of inhabitants; and the 
performances continue from morning until mid- 
night ; the audience changing with every piece 
that is acted. We repaired thither for a few 
minutes ; and found, as we expected, a re- 
presentation in which all sorts of absurdities 
and buffooneries were introduced, adapted to 
the taste and capacities of the persons present. 
After the comedy of Inlde and Yarico^ we were 
amused, at the principal theatre, by a hallet. 
A new female dancer made her debut, under 
circumstances somewhat extraordinary ; being 
far advanced in pregnancy. This woman 
obtained unbounded applause ; but in the 
astonishing leaps and turns she made, the 
exhibition was rather painful than pleasing. 
We were much struck by the general beauty 
of the Hungarian women at Pest: perhaps 
