men made their appearance, and followed my example
without any further to-do. Also one or two ladies
arrived, took off their garments, and hoisted themselves
into the next enclosure, chatting and laughing all the
time quite unconcernedly.
The bath had given me a prodigious appetite, and I
did full justice to the breakfast put before me in a
most appetizing manner. I well remember the delicious
flavour of the trout, quite equal to that of the Traun
stream ; nor are there many such views to season the
enjoyment of the hour as those from my verandah at
Myanooshta, and from the terrace of Bauer’s Hotel,
at Ischl, although quite different one from the other,
still each unrivalled of its kind.
Unfortunately, about noon it began to rain, and
I had to content myself spending the day indoors,
writing and sketching, filling in a hit of colour whenever
there was a short interval of sunshine. In the
afternoon a very clever village joiner dropped in to
exhibit specimens of his art, and I was very much
pleased with a quaintly-shaped table, fitted with
numerous little drawers and silver handles, besides a
movable reading-desk, the whole being covered with
small pieces of veneering of various kinds of wood,
every piece differing in form and grain from its neighbour.
I made a cautious hid for this pretty bit of