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Crosse, Andrew F.

"Round About the Carpathians"


A visit at Schloss B------National characteristics--Robber
stories--Origin of the "poor lads"--Audacity of the
robbers--Anecdote of Deak and the housebreaker--Romantic story
of a robber chief 302

CHAPTER XXX.
Return to Buda-Pest--All-Souls' Day--The cemetery--Secret burial
of Count Louis Batthyanyi--High rate of mortality at Buda-Pest 315

CHAPTER XXXI.
Skating--Death and funeral of Deak--Deak's policy--Uneasiness
about the rise of the Danube--Great excitement about
inundations--The capital in danger--Night scene on the
embankment--Firing the danger-signal--The great calamity averted 321

CHAPTER XXXII.
Results of the Danube inundations--State of things at
Baja--Terrible condition of New Pest--Injuries sustained by the
island garden of St. Marguerite--Charity organisation 335

CHAPTER XXXIII.
Expedition to the Marmaros Mountains--Railways in Hungary--The
train stopping for a rest--The Alfoeld--Shepherds of the
plain--Wild appearance of the Rusniacks--Slavs of Northern
Hungary--Marmaros Szigeth--Difficulty in slinging a hammock--The
Jews of Karasconfalu--Soda manufactory at Boeska--Romantic
scenery--Salt mines--Subterranean lake 339

CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Tokay district--Visit at Schloss G------Wild-boar
hunting--Incidents of the chase 355

CHAPTER XXXV.


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