Not far from the Lordship Casserey, where there is a Water-mill, the King asked me, 'Have n't you missed the Bridge here ?' (a King that does not forget roads and topographies which may come to concern him!)--and bade us ride with the utmost silence, and make no jingle.

As day broke, we were in sight of Strehlen, near by the Farm of Treppendorf.

'And do you know where the Kallenberg lies ?' said the King: 'It must be to left of the Town, near the Hills; bring us thither!' "When we got on the Kallenberg, it was not quite day; and we had to halt for more light.

After some time the King said to his Groom, 'Give me my perspective!' looked slowly all round for a good while, and then said, 'I see no Austrians!'-- (ground all at our choice, then; we know where to choose!) The King then asked me if I knew the road to"-- in fact, to several places, which, in a Parish History of those parts, would be abundantly interesting; but must be entirely omitted here....

"The King called his Chamberlain; gave some sign, which meant 'Beer-money to Kappel!'-- and I got four eight-groschen pieces [three shillings odd; a rich reward in those days]; and was bid tell my Master, 'That the King thanked him for the good quarters, and assured him of his favor.' "Riding back across country, Kappel, some four or five miles homeward, came upon the 'whole Prussian Army,' struggling forward in their various Columns.