TO VIENNA. 407 
Friday, May 28, we left Preshurg, at one chap. 
o'clock p. M. and crossed the Danube by a bridge \~ 
of boats. We were obliged to wait some time, onhe^*" 
because this bridge had been opened to admit ^'"""*^- 
the passage of barges freighted with merchan- 
dize going down the river from Fienna. A 
flying-bridge was waiting upon the opposite shore. 
The ease and expedition with which the enor- 
mous bridge of boats was again adjusted and 
fastened, according to its original situation, 
surprised us. It is remarkable, that we have 
no representation, in any of our books of 
Travels, of the flying-bridges used upon the 
Danube and the Rhine; many of which are 
really magnificent structures, adorned with 
considerable elegance. The novelty of their 
appearance, and the cro^vd of passengers, car- 
riages, and cattle, wafted with such marvel- 
lous facility from shore to shore, may be 
reckoned among the most curious sights of 
the countries where these bridges are used. 
The road to Vienna, on the southern side 
of the Danube, besides its superior excel- 
lence, presents one of the most beautiful 
prospects to the eye that can be conceived. It 
is shaded by trees of great size; and as it 
follows the windings of the Danube, the tra- 
veller commands a prospect of the river, which 
