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Carlyle's "History of Friedrich II of Prussia" BOOK VIII.
Page: 38

"Crown-Prince shall travel over, and personally inspect, the
following Domains: Quartschen, Himmelstadt, Carzig, Massin, Lebus,
Gollow and Wollup," dingy moor-farms dear to Antiquarians; "travel
over these and not any other. Permission always to be asked, of
his Royal Majesty, in writing, and mention made to which of them
the Crown-Prince means to go. Some one to be always in attendance,
who can give him fit instruction about the husbandry; and as the
Crown-Prince has yet only learned the theory, he must now be
diligent to learn the same practically. For which end it must be
minutely explained to him, How the husbandry is managed,--how
ploughed, manured, sown, in every particular; and what the
differences of good and bad husbandry are, so that he may be able
of himself to know and judge the same. Of Cattle-husbandry too,
and the affairs of Brewing (VIEHZUCHT UND BRAUWESEN), the due
understanding to be given him; and in the matter of Brewing, show
him how things are handled, mixed, the beer drawn off, barrelled,
and all how they do with it (WIE UBERALL DABEI VERFAHREN);
also the malt, how it must be prepared, and what like, when good.
Useful discourse to be kept up with him on these journeys;
pointing out how and why this is and that, and whether it could
not be better:"--O King of a thousand!--"Has liberty to shoot
stags, moorcocks (HUHNER) and the like; and a small-hunt [KLEINE
JAGD, not a PARFORCE or big one] can be got up for his amusement
now and then;" furthermore "a little duck-shooting from boat," on
the sedgy waters there,--if the poor soul should care about it.
Wolden, or one of the Kammerjunkers, to accompany always, and be
responsible. "No MADCHEN or FRAUENSMENSCH," no shadow of
womankind;--"keep an eye on him, you three!"

These things are in the Prussian Archives; of date the week after
that interview. In two weeks farther, follows the Prince's
speculation about Carzig and the Building of a Farmstead there;
with Papa's "real contentment that you come upon such proposals,
and seek to make improvements. Only"--

WUSTERHAUSEN, 11th SEPTEMBER (King to Crown-Prince). ... "Only you
must examine whether there is meadow-ground enough, and how many
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