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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           IwasnotabletolightonanymaporworkgivingtheexactlocalityoftheCastleDracula,astherearenomapsofthiscountryasyettocomparewithourownOrdanceSurveyMaps; butIfoundthatBistritz,theposttownnamedbyCountDracula,isafairlywell-knownplace. Ishallenterheresomeofmynotes,astheymayrefreshmymemorywhenItalkovermytravelswithMina. 

           InthepopulationofTransylvaniatherearefourdistinctnationalities: SaxonsintheSouth,andmixedwiththemtheWallachs,whoarethedescendantsoftheDacians;MagyarsintheWest,andSzekelysintheEastandNorth. Iamgoingamongthelatter,whoclaimtobedescendedfromAttilaandtheHuns. Thismaybeso,forwhentheMagyarsconqueredthecountryintheeleventhcenturytheyfoundtheHunssettledinit. 

           IreadthateveryknownsuperstitionintheworldisgatheredintothehorseshoeoftheCarpathians,asifitwerethecentreofsomesortofimaginativewhirlpool; ifsomystaymaybeveryinteresting. (Mem.,ImustasktheCountallaboutthem.) 

           Ididnotsleepwell,thoughmybedwascomfortableenough,forIhadallsortsofqueerdreams. Therewasadoghowlingallnightundermywindow,whichmayhavehadsomethingtodowithit; oritmayhavebeenthepaprika,forIhadtodrinkupallthewaterinmycarafe,andwasstillthirsty. TowardsmorningIsleptandwaswakenedbythecontinuousknockingatmydoor,soIguessImusthavebeensleepingsoundlythen. 

           Ihadforbreakfastmorepaprika,andasortofporridgeofmaizeflourwhichtheysaidwas"mamaliga",andegg-plantstuffedwithforcemeat,averyexcellentdish,whichtheycall"impletata". (Mem.,getrecipeforthisalso.) 

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