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company. Baron Hauser, with his wife and children, came to 

 Rorschach, and also frequently Baron Alten with his daughter. 

 In Heiden we became acquainted with a Mademoiselle de 

 Dusterloh, a very handsome, sprightly young lady, to whom 

 we became very much attached. Her father. Baron von 

 Dusterloh) who had an estate in Kurland, Russia, arrived also, 

 and when he had to go to Berlin he left his daughter under 

 my care. Our company was increased by Mr. Morpurgo, the 

 brother of Baroness Hauser, an agreeable young man suftering 

 from the poetical fever. Everything turned to verse in him, 

 and he could not keep it to himself. We were of course vic- 

 timised, but the bashful manner in which he administered to 

 us his poems made it tolerable. 



On September 3, Corvin left us, and we accompanied him 

 to Friedrichshafen in the steamer. This place is larger than 

 Rorschach, and many people prefer it, because they have a 

 vievv of the Swiss mountains. 



On September 10, Prince Hohenzollern and family arrived 

 at the Weinburg, and we were invited to come and see them. 

 The Weinburg is a beautiful place, deriving its name from the 

 vineyards surrounding it, where are grown the most delicious 

 grapes. 



I cannot sufficiently acknowledge the great and genuine 

 kindness with which we were received and treated by this 

 most excellent and amiable family. The Prince, who is a 

 general in the Prussian army, is a fine noble-looking man, with 

 an extremely benevolent face, and the Princess his peer in 

 every respect. With them were staying their second son, 

 Prince Cliarles of Roumania, Baron von Schreckenstein, 

 captain and aide-de-camp to his father, and his wife, and the 

 Baronesses Esebeck. and Lindhein. The. Prince is very rich, 

 and though not related to the King of Prussia, he has great 

 influence, which, however, he does not use, keeping far trom 

 mixing either with internal or external politics. As the name 

 shows, the Prussian Family and that of the Prince come from 

 the same stock, and the Hohenzollerns of Hechingen and 

 Siegmaringen are even of the elder line. They remain Catho- 

 lics, while the Royal Family of Prussia are Protestants, 



I need not repeat here the circumstances which made Prince 

 Charles of Hohenzollern accept the rather troublesome posi- 

 tion of Prince of Roumania. It is said that he often regretted 



