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made an addition to his name, and iigned theni 

 Chriftian and Company. A thoufand droll anec- 

 dotes might be related of this monarch, but I 

 cannot confent to raife a laugh at the expenfe of 

 fallen worth and greatnefs. 



Having palTed fome time at Copenhagen, and 

 the time of the King of PruHia's evolutions being 

 at hand, I fet off for Berlin. I croffed the Belt, 

 and went through Pomerania to Potfdam, the 

 relidence of Frederic the Great. 



Knowing the cuftomary mode ofprefentation 

 and the difcipline pradlifed here, I was not fur- 

 prifed at the ftridlnefs with which I was ex- 

 amined at the gate of the garrifon. Every flfan- 

 ger is afked his name, his age, to whom recqm- 

 mended, his bulinefs in the garrifon, and feveral 

 other queflions of the fame nature. On being 

 afked " What are you ?" I anfwered " A Scots 

 Highlander." " Whence came you.'"' "From 

 the Black Sea." " What is your rank?'* '' Ma- 

 jor of the Ruffian Army and Aid-du-camp to 

 Potemkin." ''What is your bufmefs here?" 

 ^* To compleat my education as a foldier under 

 the firil mafter in the world, your King." ** Have 

 you any letters for the King?" " Nq; but I 

 have for feveral officers, particularly Count de 

 Gocrtz, his Majefty's Aid-du-Camp General." 

 " What inn do you go to?" Having anfwered 

 all thefe queftions, I was fuffered to proceed. 



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