General _Glychensberg_, who waited on his Excellency to this place from _Cronstadt_, now returned thither. We proceed thro a troublesome way and dark wood to _Sharkan_, which at length we find deliciously situated upon a river, which a little way from hence enters the _Aluta_, now called _Alt_. Here I lodged at the house of the minister, who was a Lutheran, by name _George Sularius_; and, it being Sunday, I attended him to their evening service. May xi. We set forward thro a fair, rich, and well cultivated country to _Fogeras_, a large but scattered town, and there take up our station by eleven a clock. His Excellency was here lodged in an house, which belonged to Count _Tekely_, who was prime minister to the late prince _Abaffi_, and slain in the defeat of General _Heusler_ near _Cronstadt_. I had here some conversation with the chief pastor of the place, _Michael Rozgoni_, a learned Calvinist, who had studied in Holland. At _Fogeras_ is a castle surrounded with a wide mote, and so strong, or at least so fortunate, that it is said never to have been taken by force of arms. May xii. From hence we proceed in six hours to _Úcha_, a village inhabited intirely by Valachs. And setting out early from thence the next morning, by twelve a clock we reach _Porumback_, a most delightful village, situated very near the banks of the _Aluta_; which river attended us for these three last days journey, not far from our right hand, under the adjoining hills. His Excellency was here met and complimented by general _Rabutin_ from _Hermanstadt_, who came accompanied with Count _Seau_, the Emperor’s chief commissary in Transylvania, and two other officers of the imperial army. The General returned before diner, and left my Lord well accommodated in a pleasant country house of Prince _Abaffi_; whose barnes, and magazines of grain, with the adjoining fish ponds, and rich meadows, that surround the farm, we viewed this afternoon with great pleasure. May xiv.