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the narrow defile of [Rasau?] where the
high rocky banks close closely in on
every side, it is a most striking pass,
on the southern bank are marks
still remaining in the rock of the
roman way, which was formed
here by a sort of wooden gallery
over the river _ Our road book gave
a most formidable account of th[illegible?]
rapids in this part of the river, but
we had only its account of them, for
the river was so full at this time
that there was not much ^or rather anything that was
formidable to be encountered _

So difficult is it to get certain infor=
mation about times & places of sailing
[&c?] in these regions, that we actually
came to [[Orsova]], not able certainly to
know whether we were to meet the
steam boat there or not, & whether we
were to stay all night or to proceed _

We remained all night, & found
the Kaiser von Oesterreich a clean small
Inn, where ^we were made very tolerably
comfortable, after so many nights spent
on board the steam boat _ In the evening
we had a most delightful walk

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ebroadwe over 4 years ago

Transcribed an insertion in pencil in last paragraph; not sure if it's authorial or editorial.

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