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"Prince Czartoryski,151 the general of Podole, was travelling

from Volhynia to his Polish estates, or, if I remember correctly,

to the Diet at Warsaw. On his way he visited the gentry, partly

for amusement, and partly to win popularity; so he called upon

Pan Thaddeus Rejtan,152 to-day of holy memory, who was later our

deputy from Nowogrodek, and in whose house I grew up from

childhood. So Rejtan, on the occasion of the Prince's coming, had

invited guests, and the gentry had gathered in large numbers.

There were theatrical entertainments (the Prince was devoted to

the theatre); Kaszyc, who lives in Jatra, gave fireworks; Pan

Tyzenhaus153 sent dancers; and Oginski154 and Pan Soltan, who

lives in Zdzienciol, furnished musicians. In a word, at home they

offered entertainments gorgeous beyond expectation, and in the

forest they arranged a mighty hunt.