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more the bridsre of boats to Buda, and took the chap. 
IV. 
road to Gran. Our journey conducted us - 
through a delightful valley, covered with corn, 5^*,'| *"* 
having on each side of it mountains planted 
with vineyards to their summits. All this part 
of Hungary is highly cultivated, rich and popu- 
lous. The traveller sees everywhere pleasing 
villages, filled with healthy inhabitants ; and the 
towns are not only clean, but elegant. The 
aspect of the country is also rendered gay in 
this season of the year, by the appearance of 
cheerful peasants working in their vineyards, 
with their wives and children : perhaps there is 
no part of the world where a better attention 
is shewn to the culture of the vine. Having 
left the Danube upon our right, the road extend- 
ing between the mountains upon the left, we 
passed through Woroschivar and Dorogh, where 
we quitted the grand route to Vienna, in order 
to visit the mines of Schemnitz and Cremnitz. 
In more than one instance we observed the Remains o« 
Latin, as a general language, in use among the L^guagc. 
inhabitants. We heard it spoken in the post- 
houses, by Hungarian gentlemen, who were 
travelling ; and probably it has continued in 
this country as it was left by the Romans when 
they were possessors of the Dacian mines. 
Indeed there is no part of Hungary where Latin 
