CHAPTER XXX 228-238

The beggars of Bucarest--A plan that failed--Was it inspired by Count Rumford’s Munich scheme?--Where the beggars spend their holidays--No lack of charity--Footless, and yet wanted boots--Influence of priests and beggars on the currency--A stroll through the market--Serbians as market gardeners--An exhibition in Bucarest--Princess Marie and the water-chute--Excessive gambling--The Moși--English “stupidity”--Nothing to buy in London--Bucarest to London _via_ the North Sea and Edinburgh--Jefferson Bricks in Bucarest.