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We returned to Soroksár, took dinner at a restaurant, and then went by train to Kuns[[insertion]] ^ z [[/insertion]]entmiklós, to see the "sand-stepper". This is southward.
We passed through a broad, nearly flat plain, which is locally more or less sandy. 
Nearer Budapest it is very sandy, and there are many vineyards. About 13 yrs. ago the [[underlined]] Phylloxera [[/underlined]] destroyed the vineyards on the hills, and the wine-growers came to these sandy plains.
Southward there is richer soil, and the country had been long cultivated. It much resembles

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our Wisconsin or Iowan prairies, even to the scattered groves and fields. 
It looks much like Northern Iowa, but there is little corn, wheat being the chief crop, with some oats. 
The wheat harvest is now well on. 
This plain runs to the Danube and the latter flows along the loess bluffs which rise to the west. 
Occasionally on this plain there is also a poorly drained tract. 
Here and there sandy hummocks also appear on the richer plain. 
About half way down to Kunsenfmiklos salty spots begin to appear in undrained places. 
At the station of Kiskun-Laczháza