"Bouille was bound now on an excursion to Prag, to a Camp of the Kaiser's there.

'Mind,' said the King, alluding to Bouille's BLUE uniform,--'mind, in the Country you are going to, they don't like the blue coats; and your Queen has even preserved the family repugnance, for she does not like them either.' [ESSAI SUR LA VIE DU MARQUIS DE BOUILLE, pp.

l34-149.] "September 5th, 1784, Bouille arrived at Prag.

Austrian Manoeuvres are very different; troops, though more splendidly dressed, contrast unfavorably with Prussians;"-- unfavorably, though the strict King was so dissatisfied.

"Kaiser Joseph, speaking of Friedrich, always admiringly calls him 'LE ROI.' Joseph a great questioner, and answers his own questions.