I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a fairly well-known place. I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a fairly well-known place.

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. All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. What ought they to be in China. 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.

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. 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. 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. What ought they to be in China. They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then.

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

It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. 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. 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. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. He went, but immediately returned with a letter. It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist.

It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. 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. 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. 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 not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a fairly well-known place. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina.

I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. 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. 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. Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. 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. It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. 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. At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina. 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.

On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. 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 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. What ought they to be in China.