The floor of the room was not boarded, and the window was only half glazed, the remaining portion being filled up with paper or thin bladder.

For the rest, every thing was neat and simple enough.

Even a good comfortable divan was not wanting.

At four o'clock we quitted the town.
The Danube is now only broad for short distances at a time.

It is, as it were, sown with islands, and its waters are therefore more frequently parted into several streams than united into one.
In the villages we already notice Greek and Turkish costumes, but the women and girls do not yet wear veils.
Unfortunately it was so late when we reached the fortress of Silistria that I could see nothing of it.