Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy, A
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Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy, A by Ida Laura Pfeiffer
By: Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797-1858)

A Visit to the Holy Land
By Ida Pfeiffer
CHAPTER I.

Departure from Vienna--Scene on board the steamer--Hainburg-- Presburg--The Coronation-mount--Pesth--Ofen--The steamer Galata-- Mohacs--The fortress Peterwardein--Discomfort and bad management on board the steamer--Semlin--Belgrade--Pancsova--Austrian soldiers-- The rock Babakay--Drenkova--Falls of the Danube--Alt-Orsova--The Iron Gate--Cattle-breeding--Callafat--Vexatious delay. I had for years cherished the wish to undertake a journey to the Holy Land; years are, indeed, required to familiarise one with the idea of so hazardous an enterprise.  When, therefore, my domestic arrangements at length admitted of my absence for at least a year, my chief employment was to prepare myself for this journey.  I read many works bearing on the subject, and was moreover fortunate enough to make the

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