The Argosy — page 151: what you’re looking at

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137 FROM SALZBURG TO GASTEIN. HERE its no railway between Salzburg and Gastein. The only mode of communication is by diligence, or by hiring a private carriage which opens and closes at pleasure of the traveller. This diligence was a lumbering machine after the fashion of its kind ; at 7 7 ay —_ to ‘ia eal =." =! Stetina 4 4 apes baie 3 tn "| 7 SALZBURG. but the horses were decent, and moved at a tolerably quick pace. Yet it was impossible thus to journey without losing a great part of the ‘surrounding scenery ; an idea not to be entertained for a moment, except by those who like the guard and coachman have traversed the route so frequently, that familiarity has robbed it of its charm. For one person, where economy is an object, the diligence is the quickest and best means of reaching Gastein. A carriage cannot do it under two days, without relays of post horses; and even then the fatigue is considerable. But if two or more are travelling, it is almost as inexpensive to hire a carriage. The latter holds, four;):so that an amicable parti-carré may travel for the price of one. In many parts of COMIC SOC|KS.EO