Show COMPLETE AND NOISY MEAL traveler surely well pitted fitted with abundance of nourishment and music the longest and noisiest nois iest dinner that thai mr air james sibree tr jr the author of A naturalist in madagascar ever attended was given by the governor of a town own called karann An karana about a score of officers were ere at the table and sevell seen ladles ladies after UL long grace by the pa pastor B dinner was brought brough t in and consisted of the following courses first curry second goose third pigeons and waterfowl fourth chicken cutlets and poached eggs fifth beef sausages sixth boiled tongue seventh sardines eighth pigs piga trot ninth fried bananas tenth pancakes eleventh lb manioc tw twelfth fifth dried bananas and lastly says mr when I 1 thought ever thing tIlIng must laie ave been served came haunches of roast beer beef claret went about very ery freely and cit at length some much stroner stron gr liquor and the lie healtha of the auben lu en our friends tile the two foreigners then those of the prime minister chief secretary and chief alef judge were all drunk twice over the governors coling coining last and each was followed by mu and drum honors there was a big drum just juat outside on the veranda eranda as well ns as two small ones besides clarinets and fiddles and these were in full play almost all the time then the room was filled by n crowd of servants sen ants and aides de camp and the shouting of everyone from the governor gocr nor down was deafening the old gentleman directed everything and everyone eer jone I 1 was kind glad when ilien I 1 could take my leave after two hours sitting but I 1 was not to leave leae quietly the governor took me by the hand tind and escorted me home while ohp th big drum druin w was as hammered it at ahead of im n ill all tile the way youths companion its a short step train from curin cunning ilig to rascality ken even a sensible man maii likes A taste of flattery occasionally tonally |