I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered the country in the eleventh century they found the Huns settled in it.

I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was “mamaliga,” and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call “impletata.” (Mem., get recipe for this also.) I had to hurry breakfast, for the train started a little before eight, or rather it ought to have done so, for after rushing to the station at 7:30 I had to sit in the carriage for more than an hour before we began to move. All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. 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. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. He went, but immediately returned with a letter.

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. It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.

There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty.

Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. 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 are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. 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.

It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. 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.

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. I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. 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. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina.