Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-28

perfume.
lie Comp'e du Nord, afterwards Peter the
First. Emperor Of Russia. was making tour
through Europe; he came 10 Paris. and hearing
Chaniiiy spoken of at court, he expressed a
wash to see It The Prince de Condo enjoyed at
that ,,mr all The spiendaas~.,i his ancestors. lie
received the Royai strangers as he would have
received the great Coa,te afe, tie battle OF Roc
aov; as Louis the XIV had received the great
Conde, With aurels To mis- hand. His reception
was maiestic-i, appeared cold, it had been cal
onIsted on, the eJsnui If the fHest tay had been
fureseen. After dinner after promenade, at
ter naming, there still nas e1RH'.
The prince then proposed 10 the count to hunt
in the forest, in order 20 pass more sgreeaby the
remainder of the evening. Tn,s invitation CIV
or AZ ten al night and in a serious man1cr. much
a.,onished the count, DO consented, ltinklng 1t
Joke, never surprising It possible to hunt the
Wild boar or the stag IN the midst Of obscurty.
signal given b, the prince. horses already
s,ddled and bridled are conducted from the s,a.
b,es: the dogs Join the group. Gentlemen, va.
lets. assistant huntsmen, put their feet in the
,tirrups At the sound of the horn the Princes
of Condo and the Compile dn Nord spring on
horseback; some ladies are even hardy enough
70 follow the adventurous spor'smen
The evening is BEAUTIFUL; the moon spreads her
rays upou the sylvan woods; the green sward,
like vast lake, throws a soothing perfume over
the eyenin. air; il IL tr0dden for some time IN
silence. The horses aud dogs are astonishcd at
being raised from sleep to obey The imPeri"us
Voice Of the C aS, at an hour when tIi, even
the trees, sleep. They seek their sun, their
fresh morning dew. and the sonnrols mass
of air which repeats with purity OF crystal. the
barking, the neighings, and sounds oil the horn;
thew cannot comprehend for what strange cause
the hounds have been called forth. Humble as
all ANNALS are by night, the horses tread the
grass in a dubious ga'lop: the dogs. with their
lowered ears and searching noses, kU"" not
where "a 6nd the scent. under sky without
breath of wind, full of cshaitaunns winch are
unmixed with any trace OF game All s'etPi-
tho boar in the vi ,l,ush IN the marsh Tie stag
up.,rr an mmnveabIn heaven; the great sou OF sle
forest. with all its agita,ons and inteitiocnces,
reposes. :,
tbe castle; they are two hundred 10 number,
sou,ros and servants: the usual retinue OF the
Hin Constable of France The horn resounds.
Ona torch bIazes, two, twenty, thousand: they
orc coon NJ twenty PAGES, at a league, to the
r;ob, 10 the left, every where; the thousand SIN
,osit.s and from thirty to forty leagues OF curV-
sd lines are illuminated. they are IN tlaze,
streams of light flow from the" like rivers, the
maths which they cut. straight and rapid until
they meet together like star, or cro'swaY
,,b;ch makes them turn or di,erts them INTO new
channels of fire; after having run 10 pe uasheo
anew TO the interminable limits of the wood, from
crosswav from post to post. from circle to circle.
Day has not this briliancy. on the foliage or
10y tho foliage. the same tremulaus light, the
s sams sIisterng drops the in'erm.da bran an.
sSa. 40 At mid day 10 summer; and BY this
fictitious day. the birds awake, clap their wings
ND limo, .,ng the dogs have found their voices, and
the horses their speed; the stag lows, and the
wild boar growIs. All the harmonies Of nature
are awakened fo,-,
Forward. horses, dogs, and men; forward
b,oodhounds. who drive the stag from the @o"a'
deceive all his stratasems. wh" see 'n .'e AT "s
/. h.. throvo into it on the GROUND