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TRAVELS IN ASIATIC TURKEY,
of our carriage. Having replaced this wheel by a more solid one,
we proceeded to Neislischene, a large and well built town, pro-
vided with a fortress, which we reached at seven in the evening.
In the centre of this town, as well as of several others through
which we passed, there is a large square, surrounded by commodi-
ous and well-built houses, beneath which are piazzas, with shops
lor the sale of different merchandizes.
inhabitants have a sheltered promenade
Under the piazzas the
in wet weather. We
quitted the above place,
and reached Weiskcrk a little before mid-
night.
At two in the morning of the 13th we passed through a re-
spectable town called Lytnictz, and between the hours of three
and four reached our first
stage, Bosaugess, having passed over a
very hilly and heavy road, in the midst of a violent storm, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. From this place we proceeded to
Oitmitz, a large, well built, and fortified town, which has, how-
ever, but an inconsiderable trade. Our subsequent stages, on this
day's journey, were Prosnitz, Wischau, Posorzitz, Brinn, a large
and populous fortified town, provided with a citadel, and contain-
ing several handsome buildings; Clay, Maariheify Nivolscopurg?
and Porsdorf.
We were now approaching Vienna, having six stages only to
perform. On the 19th we passed successively through Wilfersdorf,
Girnesdorf, Wulnersdorf, Crizersdorf, and Tarmersdorf, ma-
king at each of these places the necessary halt to change horses,
and at eleven in the morning were safely arrived in the capital of
the Imperial dominions.
Having procured a lackey to accompany me, and point out what
was most deserving of notice at Vienna, I paid a visit to Mr. Stew-
iti't, secretary of legation, and left a letter of recommendation from
Mr. Stratton to the British minister, Mr. Paget. I dined with
several English gentlemen, at the Augarten, the saloon of which
is very handsome, and the gardens prettily laid out and embellish-
ed. We went afterwards to the prater, or promenade, without
the town, where a great number of people of all ranks and clas-
ses were assembled. We spent the evening at the Imperial
theatre.
Doctor Carro, a physician of celebrity at Vienna* to whom I
had an introduction, was at this time engaged in the practice of the
vaccine inoculation, and informed me, on my paying him a morn-
ing's visit, on the 21st, that he had had five hundred cases, all of