KL. "'Only a short mile [5 miles English]. But there are some villages scattered still within the boundary which belong to Brandenburg. There are Stetzebart, Rosso and so on.'
KING. "'Ja, ja, I know them. But I should not have thought we were so near upon the Mecklenburg country.' [TO THE HERR AMTSRATH KLAUSIUS] 'Where were you born?'
KL. "'At Neustadt on the Dosse.'
KING. "'What was your father?'
KL. "'Clergyman.'
KING. "'Are they good people, these Colonists? The first generation of them is n't usually good for much.'
KL. "'They are getting on, better or worse.'
KING. "'Do they manage their husbandry well?'
KL. "'O ja, your Majesty. His Excellency the Minister von Derschau, too, has given me a Colony of 75 acres, to show the other Colonists a good example in management.'
KING (smiling). "'Ha, ha! good example! But tell me, I see no wood here: where do the Colonists get their timber?'