The German traveler, J. G. Kohl, who wrote about the same time as the writer just quoted, gives a part of the conversation he had with a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Tihany during a game of billiards. Those of my readers who understand Latin will be interested in some of the peculiar words and expressions used: “_Ubi globus Dominationis?_”--“Where is your Lordship’s ball?” “_Ibi. Incipiamus._”--“Here. Let us begin.” “_Dignetur procedere._”--“Please begin.” “_Dolendum est. Si cærulous huc venisset._”--“What a pity! If the blue had but come this way.” “_Fallit, fallit._”--“It misses, it misses.” “_Nunc flavus recte ad manum mihi est._”--“Now the yellow ball is right to my hand.” “_Bene! Bene! Nunc Hannibal ad portam._”--“Good! Good! Now, look out.” “_Dignetur duble._”--“Please double.” “_Fallit._”--“A miss.” “_O si homo nunquam falleret, esset invincibilis._”--“If one never missed, one would be invincible.” “_Reverende Pater! Nunc tota positio difficilis est._”--“Reverend Father, the position is now very difficult.” “_Nihil video, nisi cæruleum et rubrum percutere velles._”--“I see nothing except a carom on the blue and red.” “Ah! Ah! _Subtiliter volui et nihil habeo._”--“Ah me! I wished to make an extra good play and I have nothing.” “_Bene! Bene! Fecisti. Finis ludi._”--“Good! Good! You have made it. The game is ended.”[12] After reading the foregoing who will say that Latin is a dead language in Hungary! FROM BUDAPEST TO THE BLACK SEA _Again the scene has changed and dim descried_ _A silver crescent marks the Danube’s tide;_ _Where broad sails glancing o’er the regal stream,_ _Spread their white bosoms to the morning beam,_ _With towers that skirt and towns that seem to lave_ _Their tattled walls in that majestic wave._ From Pozsony to Budapest we passed many places of great scenic beauty and historic interest. Among them was Esztergom, which possesses the most beautiful cathedral in Hungary. It is the birthplace of St. Stephen, patron saint of the country and the see of Hungary’s ecclesiastical primate. No city in Europe offers a more superb approach than does Budapest to the traveler who enters it on the deck of one of the beautiful steamers of the Danube Navigation Company. As we glide downstream towards the twin city, an immense mass of palatial structures suddenly bursts on our view. Among them is the imposing Royal Palace, which crowns an eminence on the right bank of the many-spired House of Parliament, which stands on the left. Soon we get a glimpse of the beautiful boulevards along the river, which, at the hour of our arrival, are crowded with animated, happy multitudes, who are enjoying their daily promenade and watching the arrival and departure of the numerous steamers and smaller craft which contribute so much to the life of the city.