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From Goldentraum there were still twenty English miles to Brunn, the
capital of Moravia, and thence thirty-eight German stunden, or about
eighty English miles, to Vienna. My funds were now reduced to about four
shillings, and we had still one hundred miles before us. One of our
Lubecker silversmiths, who had been ailing throughout the whole journey,
was unable to proceed further on foot, and we left him at Goldenstraun to
take a place in the eilwagen later in the day. We had, however, scarcely
made half our journey, when Alcibiade and the Viennese also gave
in--their feet were fearfully blistered--and seated themselves by the
road-side to await the expected conveyance. The remaining Lubecker, whom
we had called Hannibal, and myself tramped on to Brunn. On the morrow we
traced out our three friends, but found them still so lame that they were
resolved to take the railway to Vienna at an expense of three guldens
(muntz), about six shillings each. As my own resources were reduced to
less than half that sum, and those of Hannibal were in much the same
condition, there remained to us two only a choice of evils: either to
borrow the requisite amount, or to tramp the remaining distance on our
diminished finances. We chose the latter course. We walked the eighty
miles between Brunn and Vienna in two days and a half, subsisting chiefly
on bread and fruit--pears and plums, which were very plentiful--and long
pulls at the pumps. We were once induced to indulge in a half seidle
(pint) of wine, which was offered at a temptingly low price, but found it
of such a muddy and sour quality, that we bitterly repented of our
bargain.

When within a few miles of Vienna, having been on the march since five in
the morning, we laid down on the road-side to sleep. It was with
something like grief that I felt myself forced to abandon one pair of
boots, a few miles before Vienna. I had brought them from London, and
they had done me good service; but now, with split and ragged fronts, and
scarcely a sole, they were only a torture to my feet, and a long way past
repair. I perched them on a little hillock with their toes pointing
towards Vienna, and turned round more than once as we advanced, to give
another farewell look to such faithful and long companions.

After a refreshing sleep on the road-side, we entered Vienna early in the
afternoon. Hannibal was no richer than I was, and my whole stock
consisted of six groschens, a sum eq