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 ployed solely to that end, in case of the death of the said King Otakar before other provision should be made. Said sum of money having been reserved for said use out of the revenues of Kœnigin-gratz and the lands adjoining, to the extent of one mile in each direction, and already set apart for said purpose. The said Lord Zawis reserves to his descendants, if any, the full ownership and property of the castle of Fürstenberg and the estates attached thereto. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seals.

The marriage ceremony being performed without ostentation by the pastor in ordinary of the schloss, the party observed the generous Bohemian custom of a wedding festivity, wherein wine and beer were not wanting. Hilarity, however, yielded to restraint; and quiet cheerfulness pervaded the company. “Permit me now,” said Sezima of Straz, at the close of the festival, “to propose the good health and happiness of our honored bride and bridegroom. May their hearts be as warm to each other as the sun is to the vine around the hillsides of Bohemia; may their love be as true as the vintage of Prague; and may their esteem in the hearts of their countrymen be as last-