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Majesty's dogs, so that the Ambassador did not see the 

 beast alive." 



No. 4 1 . The last great hunt mentioned likewise in my 

 former work that Schonberg organized for the King, com- 

 menced on the 1st of September, 1737. It lasted four days, 

 and was on a very grand scale. The one wing was twenty- 

 seven thousand six hundred and ninety paces in length ; the 

 other, twenty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-five 

 paces ; and the base nine thousand three hundred. The 

 returns were in degree commensurate with the scale of 

 operations, for six large bears, three wolves, three lynxes, 

 one fox, and twelve elks were shot, besides abundance of 

 hares and birds. 



