From his own Forests there came by the Elbe great rafts of firewood, to warm his soldiers in their quarters.

Once or twice he makes excursions, of a day of two days; to the Lausitz, to Leipzig (through Freyberg, where he has a post of importance);--very gracious to the University people: "Students be troubled with soldiering?
Far from it ye learned Gentlemen, servants of the Muses! Recruitment, a lamentable necessity, is to go on under your own Official people, and wholly by the old methods." [_Helden-Geschichte, _iv.

303-313; UNIVERSITATSANSCHLAG ZU LEIPZIG, WEGEN DER WERBUNG ("University-Placard about Enlisting:" in _Gesammelte Nachrichten, _i.

811).] Once, and once only, he made a run to Berlin, January 4th-18th, 1757: the last for six years and more.

Came with great despatch, Brother Henri with him, whole journey in one day; got, "to his Mother's about 11 at night." [Ib.