Travels in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt ...

SYRIA, EGYPT, GERMANY, &C. 23S
numerous in
every part of the
country. The Jewish females wear
a peculiar head-dress, with a
large pearl ornament hanging at the
side of each cheek. From Dorhozvewe proceeded, after a short stay,
to Herts ; and thence to the station, near Chernuwick, where the
director of the counter march resides. It is there that the quaran-
tine is performed, and. the passports and baggage inspected, previously
to the entry of travellers into Germany. On our reach-
ing CkernonHck at one in the afternoon, we waited on the governor,
who was absent for the moment, and having proceeded to our
inn, purchased a calash, a well known travelling carriage. Chernowich
is a little town of West Gallicia, a part of the territory of
Poland^ pleasantly
situated at the side of the river Prut. The in-
habitants are principally Germans, with a few Poles. We quitted
this place at
eight
in the
evening,
as soon as our baggage had been
fixed in the ;
carriage and at midnight arrived ztSnatten, where we
allowed ourselves but a short repose.
On the 13th, at the early hour of one in the morning, we quit-
ted the above place, and at half past four arrived at Veno Gratz,
or Guasditch, a pleasing and well-built town, situated in the midst
of a fertile
country.
In this performing stage we had an excellent
road. Our next stages, each of which occupied from two hours to
two hours and a half, were to Kotsmier, Siowmax, Stcmitzslaf,
and Alich, at the latter of which places we arrived at six in the
evening, without having met with any
remarkable occurrence on our
-route. The country through which we passed had an appearance
of great fertility, and abounded in beautiful woodlands. At Alich
we saw the ruins of a castle, situated on an eminence, which had
anciently belonged to the kings
of Poland. At seven in the even-
ing we quitted that place for Bars fern, whence we proceeded to
Knenitch, where we arrived at
midnight.
We reached Strelitz at a
very early hour on the morning of the
on the road than that which the
1 1th, having made no other stop
necessity of changing horses required,
and arrived at Bobberdah at
five o'clock, after a harassing journey over a rough and unpleasant
road. Our subsequent stages were Davetoff, Limberg, Bartadoff,
and Crutuk, at the latter of which places we dined. The latter
part of the road, in performing the above stages, is highly agreeable,
being raised, and kept in excellent repair. For the distance
of several miles it runs in a direct line, with beautiful trees planted
on each side. This part of Poland is Hat, but very fertile, and
contains many tine and extensive woods of beeches and oaks. At