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attended by some mounted hussars, who occasionally 

 acted as retrievers. I have seen one cutting three 

 and four at a wounded hare. We always had a 

 grand luncheon in the middle of the day. 



"Weimar, Wednesday, 4th February, 1835. 



" My Dear Mother, — 



" As Miller,^ the bearer of this, starts to- 

 morrow morning from this place to England, I think 

 it is a good opportunity to write to you, as he has 

 volunteered to take it. He has been here for some 

 time, and has got his commission in the 12 th Lancers, 

 so he is now returning home. 



" I received your and Willie's letter the other 

 day. Willie's letter is very amusing. I hope the 

 next will be more extensive. You need not be the 

 least afraid that there are not enough Germans to 

 talk German to, as there is a whole regiment of 

 soldiers, and very few of them can speak anything 

 else. General Seebach told me that he heard from 

 Pinkie that some of you had been at a masquerade. 

 He is a jolly old fellow, and has a son who talks 

 English very well. Monday was the Duke's birth- 

 day, so there was a grand dinner, and last night a 

 ball. W^e could not move last night without treading 

 on a prince's or a princess's toes. A princess sent 

 a page to Captain Lethbridge commanding him to 

 dance with her, which he did. They are the oddest 

 looking people ever you saw. When we first saw 



^ Sir William Millar of Glenlee. 



