On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. What ought they to be in China.

Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by rivers and streams which seemed from the wide stony margin on each side of them to be subject to great floods. Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country. At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease. All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist. He went, but immediately returned with a letter. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress—white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for modesty.

They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them. I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress—white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for modesty. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia and Bukovina, in the midst of the Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe. What ought they to be in China. It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing.

They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing. He went, but immediately returned with a letter.

In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and North. They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them. They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them. On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could hardly fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country. In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and North. At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches.

At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease. All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns.

All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who were more barbarian than the rest, with their big cow-boy hats, great baggy dirty-white trousers, white linen shirts, and enormous heavy leather belts, nearly a foot wide, all studded over with brass nails. On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. When I came close she bowed and said, “The Herr Englishman?” “Yes,” I said, “Jonathan Harker.” She smiled, and gave some message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves, who had followed her to the door. They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.

On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.