--the customary way. After an early dinner at the chateau we

returned to Florence, and my venison next day arriving, it was

distributed among my American friends in the city.

Shortly after the hunt the King returned from Milan, and then honored

me with a military dinner, his Majesty and all the guests, numbering

eighty, appearing in full uniform. The banqueting hall was lighted

with hundreds of wax candles, there was a profusion of beautiful

flowers, and to me the scene altogether was one of unusual