14 INTRODUCTION. 



killing the king accidentally^ by what was 

 then esteemed a good work of the most illus- 

 trious kind^ that of killings by all the means 

 which the most determined purpose could 

 command^ as many Saracens, or Mohammedan 

 infidels, as he could. 



The oak, against which the arrow struck, 

 became interesting, and was suffered to stand 

 till it died of old age. In the year 1745, a 

 triangular stone monument was erected on the 

 spot where the accident occurred, to keep it 

 still in remembrance." 



But," said Frederick, reverting to his pre- 

 vious inquiry, I am yet unable to see why so 

 much land should be still allowed to lie waste." 



*You seem to think," said I, that its 

 present produce is worth nothing. It is true, 

 that this forest occupies ninety thousand 

 acres ; that this would make more than five 



