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In K -- , I met with some young Courland fellows who were going back to B -- too . We travelled together in three post carriages ; and , as we had plenty of money , and were all about the time of life when people 's spirits are pretty high , you may imagine the manner of our journey . We were continually playing the maddest pranks of every kind . I remember that we got to M -- about noon , and set to work to plunder the landlady 's wardrobe . A crowd collected in front of the inn , and we marched up and down , dressed in some of her clothes , smoking , till the postilion 's horn sounded , and off we set again . We reached D -- in the highest possible spirits , and were so delighted with the place and scenery , that we determined to stay there several days . We made a number of excursions in the neighbourhood , and so once , when we had been out all day at the Karlsberg , finding a grand bowl of punch waiting for us on our return , we dipped into it pretty freely .