i8 TRAVELS IN 
howfings of fcarlet cloth, which trot regu- 
larly every week from Paris to Poiffy, have 
made ! So true it is, that the rarity of objefts 
forms all their value, at the fame time that 
it conftitutes their merit. 
Having hinted to my faithful Klaas that 
he fhould mount on horfeback with me, and 
ferve me as groom, he had arranged himfelf 
in the beft manner poffible: but being defirous 
that he might appear with fome diftindion, 
I gave him an old pair of breeches, which he 
did not put on without affuming an air of 
vanity, which at the fame time announced 
the pleafure this treat gave him, and the im- 
portance he received from fuch a decoration. 
Every thing being ready for my depar- 
ture, I difpatched two of my hunters with', 
their fufees to inform the horde of my ap- 
proach : and having breakfafted foon after, 
I fufpended my poniard from a button-hole 
of my vcft ; put a pair of piftols into my 
girdle ; and another pair, with my double- 
barrelled fufee, at the bow of my faddle and 
Inftantiy mounted my horfe. Klaas, who 
carried my carabine, did the fame ; and fol- 
lowed me, leading with him my four dogs. 
He was followed, in his turn, by four hun- 
ters, 
