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the famous salt-mines, which her father had never visited. 

 They entered the mines, and examined the processes of 

 digging, manufacture, caving, or bracing the passages, 

 and purifying the air. They also visited Berchtes- 

 garden to see what was then the most famous toy- 

 manufactory. 



On her father's appointment as Minister Plenipo- 

 tentiary from Bavaria to the Court of Great Britain, 

 in which office he thought he should be received, he 

 quitted Munich, taking her with him. She paid her 

 last respects to the Elector and Electrice, and to her 

 father's and her own many friends. Of two of her 

 friends, she says, she had already taken a long farewell 

 in her heart. The Countess Nogarola she never saw 

 again, though she continued to correspond with her till 

 the death of that lady, not many years after. As to 

 Count Taxis, we must have her own words. 



u On our second day's journey, we having stopped at an inn, 

 as we were getting into the carriage to pursue our way, Count 

 Taxis came up post-haste on horseback to meet us. Two 

 minutes later, and we should have been gone. The Count bid 

 us both farewell, but in different ways. With my father a 

 respectful bow and shake of the hand ; with me, a paper left 

 in my hand. It was a great event ; for never had I before the 

 honor of receiving a line from him or from any one else, for a 

 certainty, of that nature. As I already had had my ears boxed on 

 account of this gentleman, I took care not to expose the letter. 

 But how to wait till night before reading.it? For we were to 

 make no other stop during the day. I was compelled thus to 

 do, and had all the time, in consequence, to ruminate on the 

 subject of the letter. 



" Taking leave of friends being of a melancholy nature, I 

 took it for granted the tenor of this letter would wear that im- 



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pression. I was several times nearly affected to tears, to think 



