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
acres can actually be allotted to that Farm. [Hear his Majesty!]
Take a Land-surveyor with you; and have all well considered; and
exactly inform yourself what kind of land it is, whether it can
only grow rye, or whether some of it is barley-land: you must
consider it YOURSELF, and do it all out of your own head, though
you may consult with others about it. In grazing-ground (HUTHUNG)
I think it will not fail; if only the meadow-land"--