. Hungary and its people: Magyarorzág és népei. iving herup as lost, he listened to the allurements ofIza, whom he married. But very soon after-wards, when he went to the battle-field, shebecame unfaithful, and ran away from him. Onhis return home he was met by the Fairy Kingof the Alps, who apprised him of the fact, andtold him the shepherdess maiden yet lived. Hereceived the news with mingled joy and sorrow,and was turned into a stone. From this springsthe river Tisza. The Fairy King punished Izain the same manner, and the spot where to have been turned into stone is thebirthp
. Hungary and its people: Magyarorzág és népei. iving herup as lost, he listened to the allurements ofIza, whom he married. But very soon after-wards, when he went to the battle-field, shebecame unfaithful, and ran away from him. Onhis return home he was met by the Fairy Kingof the Alps, who apprised him of the fact, andtold him the shepherdess maiden yet lived. Hereceived the news with mingled joy and sorrow,and was turned into a stone. From this springsthe river Tisza. The Fairy King punished Izain the same manner, and the spot where to have been turned into stone is thebirthplace of the Iza. Both rivers embraceeach other at Sziget. The Máramaros boasts of heroic deedshaving been enacted upon its soil, for in 1717aTartar horde invaded the country, and at Borsathey were driven back by men and women intoa narrow mountain pass, from whence theycould not escape. Thousands and thousandswere slaughtered, whose bodies now form smallhills, while 20,000 wxre thrown into the riverVizsó, and the water was so tainted that it. =* TRANSYLVANIAN PEASANTS. Page 276, Nagy Várad {Grosswardein). 273 could not be used for a year. The people ofBorsa have still many Tartar relics left, amongstothers the sword and the saddle of theslaughtered Khan. We will now quit theMáramaros, turning our steps towards Transsyl-vania, and passing the county of Szatmár, andthe town of the same name, which, like mostHungarian cities, had to hold its own against theTurks, and is further celebrated, since it was therethat the peace between Josef Í. and the followersof Rákóczy II. was concluded. From thencewe proceed to Nagy-Várad (Grosswardein). Nagy-Varad (Grosswardein). Anyone coming to Nagy-Várad must noticethat he is in no provincial town, for the streets,houses, and general life, entitle it to be calleda city. Nagy-Várad is for Central Hungarywhat Kassa is for Upper Hungary, for it lieson the high road to the east, and is close toTranssylvania. The town, which is one of t
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