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Piqueur, sautcz done" " Non pardi" replied he, very 

 coolly, " cest un double fosse" — -je ne saute pas les doubles 

 fosse's." There was also an odd accident the same day, 

 which, as it happened to a great man, even to the 

 king himself, you may think interesting ; besides, it 

 was the occasion of a bon mot worth your hearing : — 

 The king, eager in the pursuit, rode into a bog, and 

 was dismounted: he was not hurt: he was soon on his 

 legs, and we were all standing round him. One of his 

 old generals, who was at some distance behind, no 

 sooner saw the king off his horse, than he rode up full 

 gallop to know the cause. " Otiest-ce que cest ? — quest- 

 ce que cest?" cries the good old general, and in he 

 tumbles into the same bog. Count Kevenhuller, with 

 great humour, replied, pointing to the place, " Voila ce 

 que cest ! — voila ce que cest ! " 



With regard to the stag-hunting in this country, as 

 I have already told you that I know but little of it, 

 you will, without doubt, think it a sufficient reason for 

 my being silent concerning it. 



