300 



SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



The second was a battue on the plain of Schekatt 



Hares . 1118 



Partridges 172 



Total 1290 



The third chasse was a battue in one of the woods of 

 the park, with rifles only, and the game of the largest 

 description. 



Stags 36 



Hinds 48 



Wild-boars 22 



Moufflons 4 



Total ..... 110 



But the next day, after having retrieved the wounded 

 beasts, the number amounted to one hundred and sixty- 

 seven. To those who refuse to believe in these calculations, 

 I shall simply say, go and judge for yourselves; or, still 

 better, if possible, get invited, (and if you happen to be a 

 sovereign prince, an ambassador, or, above all, a rich banker, 

 perhaps you may succeed,) and do me the justice to say that 

 I have been the means of procuring you an enjoyment, the 

 souvenir of which will remain implanted in your memory 

 for the remainder of your life. 



After winter comes the spring after Berlin, Dresden. 

 When one has admired every day for a whole week the 

 "Madonna" of Raphael, the "Virgin" of Holbein, the "Night" 

 of Correggio, and all the wonders of the gallery of Augustus 

 III. when the library has been visited, the collection of 

 armour, and the curiosities of the Grune Gewolbe explored, it is 

 time to leave Dresden, to follow the banks of the soft-flowing 

 river, and inspect the fertile plains and beautiful amphi- 

 theatre of mountains that surround it. I addressed one of 



