andtheirtwoorbitsneverintersectedagain。——Someforty—fivemilessouthofAugsburg,uptheWertachRiver,moreproperlyuptheMindelRiver,liesMindelheim,onceanameknowninEnglandandinPrussia;oncetheDukeofMarlborough’s\"Principality:\"
givenhimbyagratefulKaiserJoseph;takenfromhimbyanecessitousKaiserKarl,Joseph’sBrother,thatnowis。IknownotifhisMajestyremembersthattransaction,nowwhileintheselocalities;butknowwell,ifhedoes,hemustthinkitashabbyone。
Onthesameday,1stAugust,1730,wequitAugsburg;setoutfairlyhomewardsagain。Theroutebendswestwardthistime;
towardsFrankfurt—on—Mayn;thereyachtsaretobeready;andmeresailingthenceforth,gallantlydowntheRhine—stream,——suchayacht—voyage,inthesummerweather,withnoTouristsyetinfestingit,——toend,happilywewillhope,atWesel,inthereviewofregiments,andotherbusiness。Firststage,firstpause,istobeatLudwigsburg,andthewickedoldDukeofWurtemberg’s;
thitherfirstfromAugsburg。WecrosstheDonauatDillingen,atGunzberg,orIknownotwhere;andbyto—morrow’ssunset,beingrapidtravellers,findourselvesatLudwigsburg,——clearthroughCanstatt,Stuttgard,andcertainlynoKattewaitingthere!