Till at length, in the fourth generation afterwards, one "Friedrich the Second," not unknown to us,--a sharp little man, little in stature, but large in faculty and renown, who is now called "Frederick the Great,"-- clutched hold of the Imperial fist (so to speak), seizing his opportunity in 1740; and so wrenched and twisted said close fist, that not only Jagerndorf dropped out of it, but the whole of Silesia along with Jagerndorf, there being other claims withal.

And the account was at last settled, with compound interest,--as in fact such accounts are sure to be, one way or other.

And so we leave Johann George among the dumb Giant-Mountains again..