Life of Count Rumford. ' 301 



yager, is an essential personage in all military honors. He 

 wears a high, upright feather in a three-cornered hat, with 

 different livery, more distinguished than that of the other ser- 

 vants. There were several horses. Some appeared warm and 

 fatigued, as if the mounters had just quitted them, which was 

 the case, they being those of the General's two aides-de-camp, 

 Lieutenant Spreti and Captain Count Taxis, with one or two 

 others who . had come to join their General in a riding-party, 

 or, as he was generally called, his Excellency. As three of the 

 horses had principal parts to act, a description of them will here 

 be given. They . bore the names of Tancred, Fawn, and 

 Lambkin. The last was destined for a lady not used to riding, 

 requiring a gentle horse, as was Lambkin particularly so, as 

 the name bespoke. This lady was the Countess of Nogarola, 

 a particular friend of the Baron's, familiarly called by him 

 Mary. Tancred was for another lady, in fact, the Count's 

 daughter, called die Frau freilin Sally (Miss Sally), or die freilin 

 Grefin (Miss Countess). The daughter was about sixteen [and 

 nearly half as much more], and the friend twenty-five or 

 twenty-six. Tancred was nothing remarkable, but would go 

 very well with the free use of the whip ; but Fawn was the 

 personage, like the yager, the General's right-hand man and 

 favorite. How can such perfect beauty and excellence be de- 

 scribed ? Nothing short of a jockey could do justice. He was 

 of proper height and size, round, plump, had a little head, small 

 features, legs and feet, a sharp, knowing eye, and the color of 

 the most beautiful fawn. Of course, his hair was made to 

 shine like satin. He had a way, when standing any time, of 

 turning his head almost quite round, as if looking for some one 

 (his master fancied it was for him), and if nothing came of it he 

 would begin pawing and jumping. His back was hollow and 

 neck curving." 



The young lady introduces at this point in her nar- 

 rative a spirited drawing of horse and groom, not 

 saying, however, of which of the three animals it is 

 a sketch. 



