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comfortable as he expected, as his
good nature determined him to make
his retreat, & he finally left me to en=
joy such rest as was to be got in
such a situation _ Happily for us
our company soon decreased, the
next night there were very few in
the ladies' cabin, & after a night
or two I got it all to myself as far
as [[Constantinople]] _ The third day
(May 13th) we came to [[Semlin]] early
in the morning, which has nothing
striking about it _ [[Belgrade]] is close
to it the first Turkish place we had
seen _ [[Servia]] [illegible?] lay to our right, the
banks towards the [[Danube]] are very
pretty _ We were now looking upon
[[Turkey]] from whence had come the
scourge of this part of [[Europe]], the land
of the plague, & the destroyer; which even
to look upon subjected us to the penalty
of enduring quarantine — Towards evening
we again got into mountainous country
before reaching [[Drenkova]] _ At [[Basiasch]]
which is a mere station for taking in
coal we stopped or a short time, & seeing
the Steward go on shore to gather flowers

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