. Hungary and its people: Magyarorzág és népei. tame them when required for training purposes. Some distance before you reach the Hortobágy Pusztayou see a curious old Csárda. Be sure to stop here, for itis the celebrated Hortobágy Csárda, whose hospitable roofhas given shelter to thousands and thousands of wearytrav ellers from time immemorial. Nay ! it is here also wherethe celebrated brigand chiefs of bygone days used to meet—chiefs whose fame is only handed down to us now in fairystory. At the time when great fairs used to be held atDebreczen, long before the introduction of railways, theC
. Hungary and its people: Magyarorzág és népei. tame them when required for training purposes. Some distance before you reach the Hortobágy Pusztayou see a curious old Csárda. Be sure to stop here, for itis the celebrated Hortobágy Csárda, whose hospitable roofhas given shelter to thousands and thousands of wearytrav ellers from time immemorial. Nay ! it is here also wherethe celebrated brigand chiefs of bygone days used to meet—chiefs whose fame is only handed down to us now in fairystory. At the time when great fairs used to be held atDebreczen, long before the introduction of railways, theCsárda of Hortobágy assumed the busiest aspect, for itwas full of travellers and merchants, some of whom madetheir way to Debreczen from either Berlin or Vienna,distances occupying eight weeks at a time. Now theCsárda has lost its significance, and it is only on marketdays or fair days when the different shepherds and cowboysof the Pusztas congregate together there, that any realactivity is to be seen. As a rule the old inn is quite I. THE GULYÁS (HERDSMAN). Page 7 (Appendix). The Puszta. 7 deserted, and perhaps one sees only a solitary cowboy orshepherd resting there on his way either from or toDebreczen. On quitting the Csárda you perceive some farm-housesinhabited by the officials, doctors, veterinary surgeons,Puszta judges, &c., of the Hortobágy estate, and largelabourers dwelling-houses and dairies. But after passingthese you may drive for hours and hours on this fabulouslylarge estate without meeting anything or anybody but theenormous herds of cattle, sheep, and horses tended byhundreds of men, while the only objects to attract the eyeare the old-fashioned drawing-wells standing up against thehorizon. What an interesting nomadic appearance this districtand its inhabitants present! And, indeed, this people areat the present day exactly in the same condition as weretheir ancestors when they occupied Hungary a thousandyears ago. In fine weather these shepherds
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