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. 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. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina.

What ought they to be in China. 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. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. What ought they to be in China.

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. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire.