3 May. Bistritz.-Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning;should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, fromthe glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets.

I feared togo very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time aspossible.

The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the mostwestern of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took usamong the traditions of Turkish rule.We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh.

Here I stopped for thenight at the Hotel Royale. I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with redpepper, which was very good but thirsty. (Mem., get recipe for Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he saidit was called "paprika hendl," and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywherealong the Carpathians.

I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don't know howI should be able to get on without it.Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and