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 THE CITIZEN ourselves of our fishing dress, and by the tiine we had finished, dinner would be ready for us. Descending to the drawing- room (far different to the situation we were in an hour before, when hungry and ready for our dinner, which we must have made at supper), a few minutes after the servant announced dinner was ready; when, making our bows, we retired. Here was an excellent répas of two courses, solely prepared for us. Champagne, hock, &e. (the latter had long been the Brandenburgh small beer to me). This was a new sight to the young cit, smacking his lips at the dessert, a pine apple before him-the servants absent.-" Here's a go, what will they say to this, when I tell them what the prince has done for me?" Whilst we passed the glass, talking over our fishing day's sport, what a change was here: such a sumptuous dinner, instead of a mutton chop, which I told him might be our fare, had we gone to the inn. Our dinner finished, and on our presenting ourselves to the Margrave, who, with his visitors, several émigré French noblemen, were at cards. Some I was well known to at Brandenburgh House, having seen me perform there.-Counts Montalembert, Le Chasse, and Daller, the Margrave's chamberlain. About eleven, sandwiches were passed round; hon-soir followed. The next morning, after breakfast, the Margrave and Master Dashem, who now, "'twas hail, fellow, well met." The latter had not a little boasted of his hunters, and the sums he had given for them; and the other, having a fine stud of horses, took him to his stables, to show him, and was so pleased with his gig horse, which was brought from the inn, and the stories he told-what an excellent trotter he was, that he accompanied him in his gig, to try his paces, and was so well pleased with my introduction, that every day during our continuance they 50