Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . ne oclockeverybody is in bed, the whole of the chateau wrapped inslumber. During the three or four days of the stay the so-called treibjagds take the place of stalking. They are farmore ceremonious but infinitely less fatiguing affairs, and asthey begin between eight and nine and last till four, they donot involve getting out of bed at the unearthly hour of threeor four oclock in the morning. They necessitate, however,an enormous amount of preparation and organiza
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . ne oclockeverybody is in bed, the whole of the chateau wrapped inslumber. During the three or four days of the stay the so-called treibjagds take the place of stalking. They are farmore ceremonious but infinitely less fatiguing affairs, and asthey begin between eight and nine and last till four, they donot involve getting out of bed at the unearthly hour of threeor four oclock in the morning. They necessitate, however,an enormous amount of preparation and organization on thepart of the Grand Huntsman. During at least forty-eighthours beforehand, a vast corps of treibers or Styrianmountaineers engaged for the purpose, have been employed,in surrounding a district of mountain and valley many milesin area. The circle is gradually narrowed down until thewhole of the game is driven from the heights into the valley,where the Emperor and his guests have taken up their posi-tion. The arrangement of the latter is regarded as a matterof the utmost importance, and on the evening before, the. The Late Crown Prince Rudolph. go8 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Grand Huntsman submits to the Emperor a carefully drawn-up ground-plan of the locality. His Majesty thereupon des-ignates with his own hands the spot where each of his guestsis to take up his position on the following morning. Hehimself and the King of Saxony generally await the game inthe lowest part of the valley, the remaining guests and officialsbeing spread up the mountain-side on either hand, accordingto their degree of rank and Imperial favor, those who enjoythe greatest share thereof being the nearest to the Sovereignsdown in the valley, while those of less importance are postedhigher up on the mountain sides. By nine oclock everymember of the party must be in the place assigned to him onthe plan, and the treibers who have kept the game care-fully within the circle of their lines, now proceed to (
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