356 ' APPROACH TO SCHEMNITZ. 
CHAP, reaching it, would be considered, by all admirers 
y .1 " of beautiful scenery, as well worth a journey 
thither, independently of any other inducement. 
The road, although constructed in the midst 
of mountains, is not inferior, either in breadth 
or excellence, to any of the roads about London ; 
and the traveller, surrounded by the sub- 
limest natural scenery, sees, to his surprise, 
the greatest artificial labours accomplished 
with neatness, ornament, and economy; beau- 
tiful roads through recesses, and over accli- 
vities, that would otherwise be impassable; 
churches crowning the most elevated summits ; 
towns and villages ; gardens and vineyards ; 
all decorating without diminishing the wild 
grandeur of th'e Hungarian ^Ips. If, for any 
other country and climate, an Englishman were 
disposed to quit his native land, he might 
well be tempted to fix his residence in this 
part of Hungary; to enjoy the beauties of 
nature, where the inhabitants, owing to their 
elevated situation, breathe a pure, wholesome, 
and bracing atmosphere ; and are remarkable 
for active industry, and civility to strangers. 
Approach On whatsocvcr side Schemnitz is approached, 
°'*^"' there is a full hour's ascent before getting 
thither: but the acclivity has been rendered 
as easy as it was possible to make it; and 
