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are wide and straight; and where there are chap. 
villas, or even the houses of private Hungarian ^J , 
gentlemen, they are adorned with specimens of 
the Grecian architecture. The whole of this 
country abounds in corri and ivine. The roads 
are really superb, the whole way from Newira to 
Czekles, and to Presburg. 
The view of Presburg is beautiful; the hiils PREsm-KG. 
being cultivated for vineyards to their very 
summits. In the approach to the city, on this 
side, the' Danube is not visible. We found the 
town filled with a prodigious concourse of people 
from all parts oi Europe, and the streets crowded 
with carriages, owing to the approaching Diet : 
the assembly, however, was not expected to 
open its proceedings for some 'days. The 
Emperor had arrived ; and we had the greatest 
difficulty in procuring lodgings at the principal 
inn. The next day {May 27) we waited upon 
the Governor, General Merveld; and upon his 
Excellency Count Palfij^ the Chancellor of Hun- 
gary. His Highness the Archduke Ferdinand 
was at the palace of the Count. They told us 
that the Emperor would be at the Thealre in 
the evening, but that there was nothing worth 
seeing in the place. The town is well built, 
and contains 20,000 inhabitants, one-fourth of Poi.uiuion. 
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