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Page 351
... Danube . We were told that seven - and - twenty streams , like the great river Oltao , which we crossed in boats , pass through the lands of Wallachia , coming from the country of the Majars , and throw themselves into the Danube ...
... Danube . We were told that seven - and - twenty streams , like the great river Oltao , which we crossed in boats , pass through the lands of Wallachia , coming from the country of the Majars , and throw themselves into the Danube ...
Page 418
... Danube , which , in this part , is of small breadth . We were shewn a place , like a gulph or channel , between two hills , in which the remnants of a building are still seen ; which building is said to have been a stone bridge . The Danube ...
... Danube , which , in this part , is of small breadth . We were shewn a place , like a gulph or channel , between two hills , in which the remnants of a building are still seen ; which building is said to have been a stone bridge . The Danube ...
Page 420
... Danube , the stream carries away the stakes , by the violence of its overflow . The workmen go therefore and cut from the hill of the fort Sakpigi some twelve thousand rafters of wood , to re - construct them annually ; each rafter ...
... Danube , the stream carries away the stakes , by the violence of its overflow . The workmen go therefore and cut from the hill of the fort Sakpigi some twelve thousand rafters of wood , to re - construct them annually ; each rafter ...
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