498 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



commander of the corps d'annee, which hurled 

 back the legions of " il Re Galantuomo " at 

 Custozza. 



Other dignitaries of the state follow. The Prime 

 Minister, Mensdorf, with his beautiful countess, 

 Esterhazys, Batthyanys, Carolis, and numberless 

 scions of an ancient nobility. In a royal carriage, 

 on the box of which sits a yager, en grand teniie^ I 

 discern a venerable-looking old gentleman, whom 

 I recognise as the King of Saxony, having passed 

 him on the staircase of my hotel (the Munsch), . 

 where he was ascending to the highest floor to 

 visit and console two of his officers who were sup- 

 posed to be mortally wounded. A violent waving 

 of hats and handkerchiefs, with a cry more demon- 

 strative of welcome than I had yet heard in Austria, 

 now attracted my attention to an open carriage, 

 where a naval officer sat with two ladies. WeU 

 might they greet him, for he deserved their homage. 

 He was Tegethoff, the conqueror of Lissa, a gal- 

 lant sailor of the Nelson school, who counted not 

 his enemies, but did his duty like a hero. As he 

 passed, both my companion and myself gave him a 



