At _Hatwan_ we immediately cross the small river _Zagywa_, and thence proceed one Hungarian mile and half thro a pleasant variety of woods and pastures, valleys and hills, to _Kerepes_; where at a neat German house his Excellency staid to breakfast, and then went forward the same length of way thro a naked, tho not so level a plain, to _Pest_. At his entry here he is saluted by the canon from the opposite castle of _Buda_, and lodged at the _Fountain_ inne. _Pest_ is now a small but compact city, intirely built out of the ruins, to which it was reduced by the two late sieges of _Buda_. Its antient wall, with the battlements and bastions, is still intire, and incloses it in the figure of an half moon, terminating on the banks of the _Danube_, which completes the remaining circuit of the city. There are still extant three or four _minarées_ of Turkish _mosques_, now devoted to Christian use. But what gives just offence both to Turks and Christians is a new pillar, erected in the market place, and bearing on its top a large stone sculpture of the _Trinity_; a figure as common, as it is scandalous, in Germany. June xiii. This day his Excellency remained here, which gave Mr. Paget and myself an opportunity of passing over to _Buda_ on a flying bridge, which is maintained by the city _Pest_. The famous city of _Buda_ is the capital of Hungary, and was the seat of its Kings till the year fifteen hundred twenty nine, when by treachery it fell into the hands of _Solymán_ the _Great_; since which it was several times attempted by the Christian arms, but never successfully, till the year sixteen hundred sixty eight. And it yet remains in the same condition, in which that terrible siege had left it, with regard to its fortifications; but the private houses, especially those of the _Rascian_ and _Water Town_, are again handsomely rebuilt. That, which is called the _Upper Town_, is likewise begining to be reinhabited, but not equally with the other two. The situation of the whole city lies in the following manner. From the banks of the _Danube_, which here runs N. W. and S. E. there arises a steep and oblong hill, the length of about half a mile, and the hight of about two hundred paces, on which stands, what is called the _Upper Town_. This on the N. W. end has that famous castle, which was the palace of the Hungarian Kings; and from thence the walls and other fortifications are continued round the town. On both ends of the hill are two small valleys, each of which has a large suburb; that on the N. W. end called the _Rascian_, and that on the S. E the _Water Town_. The latter of these is larger, and much better built; and extends itself not only in the valley above mentioned, but likewise betwixt the _Danube_ and a great part of the hill, on which the wall and _Upper Town_ is built. Just beyond the _Rascian Town_ is a steep and sharp rocky hill, which in case of a siege must needs annoy the castle; and along the backside of the city wall is extended,