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is said to have been built in 1009.
The Protestants used to bury their dead at night in the forest. One of the Kossatks is said to have been pastor of the Protestant church.
I left Borova at 5.06 p.m.  The country around Borowa is rolling, but not rough, and mostly under cultivation. The line of villages and the RR. are nearly parallel to Policka.
This entire region is beautiful, rich and fertile.  There is much stock.
On the train were traders who were going out with a number of large baskets to buy up fruit and vegetables.
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At Svitava I saw two women with flat packs on their backs-in a sheet which passed over the shoulders and was tied under the chin, on the chest.
I went to Cistiuad Orlice and put up at the Hotel Frimel, where I had supper and room 2.
The region about Cisti is rough, the town lying in a valley bordered by high hills with steep, mostly heavily wooded slopes.
There are also rocky ledges here.
The location is picturesque, and the place seems to be quite a summer resort.
The place at which I am stopping is evidently thoroughly Bohemian, judging by papers, visitors, + patrons, etc.