196 APPENDIX TO VOYAGE ON DANUBE. From Presburg to Moldova 564 hours, or Hungarian bank. St. Helena L. 15 R. 2 R. L. 64 L. L. L. L. From Presburg to Scala Cladova, 781, or Eng. miles 632 In May 1834, when the Danube was unusually full, a small steamer, the Argo, made this voyage once; but the habitual shallowness of the river requires the general substitution of a row-boat for a steam-vessel between Moldova and Scala Cladova. On the occasion above referred to, the Argo reached Orschova in six, and Scala Cladova in eight and a quarter hours from Moldova; a row-boat sometimes requires twenty-two hours, as above calculated. The Pannonia has likewise effected it since these notes were penned. 198 APPENDIX TO VOYAGE ON DANUBE. Hrs. Min. Hrs. From Presburg to Giorgervo 925 Eng. miles, or 1071 R. R. 3 10 R. 3 30 A steamer goes every third day, during the season, from Presburg to Pest; another plies every twelfth day from Pest to Moldova, communicating, by means of a row-boat, with a third that proceeds from Scala Cladova to Galatz. In the three steamers the engineers are English, and the captains and conducteurs generally talk either English or French, sometimes both. L. 355 L. |