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were swarming. Nevertheless, after a struggle with
the customs office, we were allowed to pass over the
bridge, though without any prospect of finding
accommodations. So as a steamer lay at the wharf,
just about to start down the Danube, we quickly
decided to take passage upon it.

Scenically the striking features on this trip were
the Rapids of Kasan and, just beyond, the fa-
mous Iron Gate, where the river, cutting through
the Transylvanian Alps, is confined between high
walls of rock and thus grows suddenly narrow and
swift. About noon we stopped for a time at the
picturesque Roumanian town of Turnu-Severin on
the western frontier, and finally landed early on the
second morning in a swampy district from which
the river had just receded, at a little mud-smeared
Bulgarian station. There we took the train to Plevna,
a town of importance and the scene in 1877 of a
famous battle in which the Turks were defeated by
Russians and Bulgarians. In Plevna we expected to
wait for several hours, but a thoughtful gentleman,
finding we were bound for Sofia, kindly explained
that the train from Bucharest was two or three hours
behind time, so that by changing stations quickly we
were able to catch it.

Turnu-
Severin,
Samovet,
and
Plevna

The Iron
Gate

The Bucharest-Sofia line passes through a rich farm-
ing land dotted with villages consisting of wide-set
low houses, those near the Danube and on clay soil
being built of adobe, those nearer the mountains of
stone. The streets are well shaded with native oaks,
elms, beeches, and birches, besides the American
locust, which has spread widely through southern
Europe. Some of the newer towns show attractive
two-story, white-stuccoed buildings. After a while

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor Prophet of Democracy. Volume: 2. Contributors: David Starr Jordan - author. Publisher: World Book. Place of Publication: Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY. Publication Year: 1922. Page Number: 573.
    
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