In these holes strong trunks of trees were fastened; these supported the planks of which the road is said to have been formed.
At eleven in the forenoon we reached Alt-Orsova, the last Austrian town on the military frontier of Banata or Wallachia.

We were obliged to remain here for half a day.
The town has rather a pretty effect, being composed mostly of new houses.

The house belonging to the steamboat company is particularly remarkable.

It is not, however, devoted to the accommodation of travellers, as at Drenkova.

Here, as at Presburg and Pesth, each passenger is required to pay for his night's expenses,--an arrangement which I could not help finding somewhat strange, inasmuch as every passenger is made to pay twice; namely, for his place on the steamer and for his room in the inn.
It was Sunday when we arrived, and I saw many people proceeding to church.