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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOL. I.

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

VALLEY OF THE FÜNF-SEEN _Frontispiece_ THE ICE-CAVES OF DOBSINA _Facing page_ 155

SMALL ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE A YOUNG HUNGARIAN NOBLE viii VIEW ON THE GULF OF VENICE 16 SLOVENE GIRL 17 SHEPHERD AND SHEEP ON THE PLAINS 26 BRIGANDS 29 OLD HUNGARIAN PEASANT 30 PEASANTS IN COUNTRY CART 32 GOING TO CHURCH 34 “LITTLE NELL” 41 “CARRIAGES MEET THE TRAINS!” 43 TRAVELLERS BIVOUACKING FOR THE NIGHT 51 MAGYAR COSTUMES 54 OUR GUIDE 56 A HUNGARIAN VILLAGE 58 GIPSY-TENT 65 THE THRESHOLD OF ALFŐLD 72 DÉLI-BÁB (A MIRAGE) 76 SHEPHERD’S HUT AND WELL 91 PEASANTS AT A WELL 95 COTTAGE DOORWAY 103 A RAINY DAY 105 OUR GUIDE’S WIFE 111 JÖZSEF 121 CHURCH STEEPLE AT PEST 122 A TRUE MAGYAR 133 OUR CHAMBER-MAID 135 BOAT-HOUSE IN THE VOLKSGARTEN 143 A MAGYAR LADY 147 UNDER THE ROBINIAS 153 THE “CORRIDOR” IN THE ICE-CAVES 154 THE SPITZENSTEIN 157 WOMEN WASHING IN A STREAM 165 FETCHING THE MILK 168 AN INN KITCHEN 176 DOWN THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE 181 A CORNER IN THE INN PARLOUR 183 AMONGST THE SLOVAKS AND RUSNIAKS AT WERNÁR 188 “THE LAST SWEET THING IN HATS” 190 A YOUTHFUL SLOVAK IN TEARS 195 VILLA SONTAGH 202 TÁTRA-FŰRED 204 A RUSNIAK BROTHER! 207 GOBLINS OF THE MIST 208 ZIGZAGGING 211 “MINSH’S” FLIGHT 221 THE LOMNITZER-SPITZE 236 A CARPATHIAN CART 238 KESMARK 242 OLD MAGYAR WOMAN 251 THE RED CONVENT 254 BY THE WAY-SIDE 256 THE “ROYAL HUNGARIAN MAIL” 264 PEAKS OF THE NORTHERN TÁTRA 269 LAKE IN THE MOUNTAINS 276 THE HERR GRAF 277 TÁTRA STAFF 290 A MOUNTAIN “GOTTESACKER” 305 WAY-SIDE SHRINE 310 SLOVAK SYMPATHY 319 COVERED CART CONTAINING ZIPSER PEASANTS 324 MORE “GENTLE SLOVAKS” 332 GREETING 339 MERCHANDISE BOAT ON THE DANUBE 340 A SWINE-HERD’S HUT 346 THE SCULLERY-MAID OF S. S. SZECHENYI 352 OUR DANUBIAN JEANNETTE 361 A SLAVONIAN BOAT 365 CASTLE OF GOLUMBACZ 370 THE BOSNIAN BRETHREN 374 A HUNGARIAN COUNTRY INN 379

“MAGYARLAND.”