ceases, and the horse drags itself forward on the forehand
alone.
At 4:30 p. m. he reached Weisswasser, 271 kilometers
(31 hours, 40 minutes), his horse still fresh; he had 300
kilometers to traverse, and calculated on doing it in 69
hours. His cyclist had met him, having come round the
mountains by rail via Dresden, and had warm gruel ready
for the mare. After an hour's rest,, at 5 :20 p. m. he rode on
to Mmburg, which he reached at 11 p. m. ; more gruel and a
little bread, for himself a cup of tea, and he went on by New
Kolin to Czaslau; but now the roads became abominable,
and coming into the valley of the Elbe he found a thick fog.
