King, conversing with me at some length, assured me with great earnestness that it had

given him the greatest pleasure to receive an envoy from the Kingdom of Hawai'i.
The dinner guests were distinguished men and women of noble birth, and officials
with some of whom my acquaintanceship was to deepen into lasting friendship. The Brays
and Betans were two of these.
When I took leave of Their Majesties, they both addressed me with the most cordial
expressions of their pleasure in welcoming me as Hawaiian Envoy to their dominion. As
for myself, I felt I could never forget this twenty-eighth day of June in 1883 for the honors
so unexpectedly paid me by the King and Queen. They could not have been more
gracious and friendly.
I spent the forenoon of the following day making official calls on:
General Leschianin, Director of tne nilitaS./Academy, and his Under.Director,

ColonelZdrakovitch;

Mr. Prochanatz, to make exchanges 9f decorations;

General Nicholich, Minister of WarrAnd Mrs. Nicholich;
The British Minister, Mr. LaycockZnd Mrs. Laycock;
Count de Bray, the German Minister, and Countess de Bray;
The Italian, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Belgian and Romanian Ministers;
The Marshal of the Court;
The Ministers of Justice, Interior, Commerce, and Instruction.
My afternoon activities included a call on the commandant of the Fort
- the 2,000
year'old Fortress of Kalemegdan
where we were taken into a well three hundred
feet below that had been lately discovered and was supposed to have been dug by the
Romans. Henry and I were also taken to the powder magazine, an impressive place
dug out of solid rock.

From the Fort we walked to the boat landing where we boarded the royalyacht which
King Milan had placed at my disposal for an excursion up the River Sava to see the
foundations being laid for a railway bridge across it. Then continuing up the river, we
disembarked and walked to the King's villa at Topshider, a favorite excursion center in
green country where we had gone the afternoon before. There we found the King's
private carriage and a groom and footman in livery awaiting our pleasure.
While we were walking to the villa, Their Majesties passed us on their drive. They were
attended by four aides-de-camp, two on each side. Eight of the Life Guards followed.
We saluted as they passed and they acknowledged it most graciously. I noticed that both
looked back and smiled. I was in my undress staff uniform.
Mr. Dimitrijevich, who remained with us all afternoon, drove us back to the hotel at
seven o'clock. The day had been full and most exciting and we were very happy about
everything except that I had somehow managed to lose my pocketbook. We ended it
fittingly with a sumptuous dinner and retired to our virtuous couches.
The end of this pleasurable assignment was drawing near. On July 1st at four in the
morning the Queen's carriage arrived to convey us to the boat landing. But I informed the
footman that I had postponed my departure for twenty-four hours. This gave Mr. Spassich
the opportunity to call for me at noon and accompany me on a call to the Russian Minister,
who received me most cordially. lthen proceeded to the residence of Count and Countess
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