Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers . Budapest to Otsova. DEFILE OF KAZAK. S3. Route. 513 The *Defile of Kazan, the grandest part of the passage, nowbegins. The Danube, here upwards of 230 ft. in depth, is confined toa width of 160-180 yds. by lofty wooded cliffs (important sturgeon-fishery). Before the construction of the Szechenyi Road the defile wasimpassable on either bank. On the right bank traces of the RomanRoad constructed by Trajan, 103, from Orsova to Grolumbacsare distinctly visible. It consisted of a path, 5-7 ft. in
Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers . Budapest to Otsova. DEFILE OF KAZAK. S3. Route. 513 The *Defile of Kazan, the grandest part of the passage, nowbegins. The Danube, here upwards of 230 ft. in depth, is confined toa width of 160-180 yds. by lofty wooded cliffs (important sturgeon-fishery). Before the construction of the Szechenyi Road the defile wasimpassable on either bank. On the right bank traces of the RomanRoad constructed by Trajan, 103, from Orsova to Grolumbacsare distinctly visible. It consisted of a path, 5-7 ft. in width, alittle above the highest level of the water, carried at places roundperpendicular rocks by means of covered wooden galleries. Theholes in which the beams were inserted are frequently observable. High above the road on the left bank is the Veterani Cavernin the Sukaru mountain, which was gallantly defended by theAustrian general Veterani with 400 men against a greatly superiorTurkish force in 1692. The Danube is here 285 yds. in width. At —, L. Dubova the hills retreat from the left
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