Sebagai kesaksian lebih lanjut untuk yang terakhir, Jacob Burckhardt menggambarkan kegiatan rekreasinya sebagai berikut: "Selain berburu, yang ia latih tanpa mempedulikan semua hak milik, kesenangannya ada dua macam: ia suka memiliki lawan-lawannya di dekatnya, baik hidup dengan baik. penjara yang dijaga, atau mati dan dibalsem, mengenakan kostum yang mereka kenakan selama hidup mereka."
As further testimony to the latter, Jacob Burckhardt described his recreational activities as follows: "Besides hunting, which he practiced regardless of all rights of property, his pleasures were of two kinds: he liked to have his opponents near him, either alive in well-guarded prisons, or dead and embalmed, dressed in the costume which they wore in their lifetime."WikiMatrix WikiMatrix