This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... 458 last day of captivity. chapter xxxii. The Last Day of Captivity--Quaraulaine Enclosure--Baths of Mahadia--Landscape Scenery--Peasantry of Hungary--Their Costume--Trajan's Road--Hungarian Village--The Mountain Pass--The Baths--A Disappointment--The Health-Inventory--Inland Journey--New Road. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... 458 last day of captivity. chapter xxxii. The Last Day of Captivity--Quaraulaine Enclosure--Baths of Mahadia--Landscape Scenery--Peasantry of Hungary--Their Costume--Trajan's Road--Hungarian Village--The Mountain Pass--The Baths--A Disappointment--The Health-Inventory--Inland Journey--New Road. The last day of our captivity was the most tedious portion of the whole, for the prospect of speedy emancipation kept us in a constant state of irritation. Our luggage was collected and arranged with a haste which by no means added to its comfort or convenience, and which only left us an additional hour of unoccupied restlessness; while the servants were urged to a continual commotion that robbed us even of the tranquillity which might have made our prison-house somewhat more endurable. The morning of the fifteenth of October was that of our release. We were all ready to depart at daybreak; and after the necessary ceremonies had been gone through, we assembled in a large grassy space, bounded on one side by the Danube, and skirted on the other by the Quarantainc buildings. This enclosure was crowded with oxen, waggons, and bales of merchandize; last day of captivity. 459 and about fifty peasants were employed in lading such goods as were admitted to pratique, after their period of purification had been accomplished, Here we also found carriages for hire, two of which we immediately engaged to convey some of our party to.the celebrated Baths of.Mahadia; which, being situated off our road, we were anxious to reach as speedily as possible, in order to enable us to secure our passage on board the Steam Packet, that was to leave Drinkova at daybreak the following morning. Three of the party accordingly took possession of a C
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