TO 

 HIS SEUENE HIGHNESS 



FEANCIS PAUL CHAELES LOUIS ALEXANDER, 

 PRINCE OF TECK, 



MAJOR OF HUSSARS IN THE IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN SERVICE, 



THIS BOOK 



IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED, 

 IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



OF MANY KINDNESSES 



SHOWN TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS'S 



MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



