The three types are oneirocrisy, cledonomancy and the investigation of chance omens encountered on the way, i.e. while traveling.

“ Ah! welcome merry hour of dawn! The freſh breeze ruſtling thro’ the corn, The riſing ſun’s præluſive beams That dance in gold on glaſſy ſtreams, The goſſamour’s fine ſilvery thread That lightly float o’er field‐flower’s head, The dew‐drops left by weeping night, That crown green leaves with beads of light, Now ſweetly ſwell the peaſant’s lay And greet the blue‐ey’d bluſhing day!

Coming to the third proposition, von Hertling says, with justice, that the doctrine of the balance of power is a more or less antiquated doctrine.

[…] I should have given’t you to-day morning, but as a madman’s epistles are no gospels, so it skills not much when they are delivered.