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Departure from Vienna--Scene on board the steamer--.
Hainburg--Presburg--The "Coronation-mount"-- Pesth--Ofen--The steamer Galata--Mohacs--The fortress Peterwardein--Discomfort and bad management on board the steamer--Semlin--Belgrade--Pancsova-- Austrian soldiers--The rock Babakay--Drenkova--Falls of Danube--Alt- Orsova--The "Iron Gate"-- Cattle-breeding--Callafat--Vexatious delay CHAPTER II.

Giurgewo--Interior of the town--Braila--Sanitary precautions--Galatz--Scarcity of good water--Ridiculous fear of the plague--The steamer Ferdinand--Entrance into the Black Sea--Stormy weather and sea-sickness--Arrival at Constantinople--Picturesque appearance of the city--Mosques--The dancing Dervishes--The Sultan and his barge--Pera--The great and little Campo--Wild dogs--Dirty state of the streets--Preparations in case of fire CHAPTER III.

Scutari--Kaiks--The howling Dervishes--The Achmaidon, or place of arrows--The tower in Galata--The bazaar at Constantinople--Mosques--Slave-market--The old Serail--The Hippodrome--Coffee-houses--Story-tellers--Excursion to Ejub--Houses, theatres, and carriages CHAPTER IV.

Walks and drives of the townspeople--The "Sweet Waters"-- Chalcedonia--Baluklid--The great and little Campo--Feasts in Constantinople--Anniversary of Mahomet's death--Easter holydays of the Greeks--Gladiators and wrestlers--Excursion to Brussa--Olive- trees--Mosques at Brussa--Stone bridge--Wild dogs--Baths and mineral springs--Return to Constantinople CHAPTER V.