Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. 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. 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 are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing. 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. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing. (Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.) I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams. (Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.) I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams. On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. 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. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches.

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

They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion. He went, but immediately returned with a letter. This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered the country in the eleventh century they found the Huns settled in it. The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. What ought they to be in China. Being practically on the frontier—for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina—it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns.