| Show COMPLETE AND NOISY MEAL Traveler Surely Well Fitted With Abundance of Nourishment and Music The longest and noisiest dinner that Mr James Sibree Jr the author of or A UA Naturalist r in Madagascar l ever attended attended attended at at- tended was given by the governor of ofa a called Ank About a score of officers were at the table and seven ladies ladles After a long grace by the pastor pastor pas pas- tor dinner was brought in and consisted consist consist- ed of tl the e following courses First curry second goose third pigeons and waterfowl fourth chicken chick chick- en cutlets and poached eggs egg fifth beef sausages sixth boiled tongue seventh sardines eighth pigs pig's trotters trotters trotters trot trot- ninth fried bananas tenth pancakes pancakes pancakes pan pan- cakes eleventh manioc twelfth dried bananas And lastly says sas Mr J o ohen when hen I 1 thought everything must have been served came haunches of roast beef Claret went about very freely and at length some much stronger liquor and the of the qu quen en Our friends the two foreigners then those of the prime minister chief secretary secretary secretary sec sec- and chief judge were all drunk twice over the governors governor's coming last and each was followed by musical musical musical mu mu- and drum honors There was a big drum just outside on the veranda as well as two small ones besides clarinets and fiddles and these y were re in full play almost all ll the the time lime Then the room was filled by a crowd of servants and aides de decamp decamp decamp camp and the shouting of everyone from the governor down was deafen deafen- ing The old gentleman directed everything everything everything every every- thing and everyone I was glad when I could take my leave after two hours' hours sitting but I was not to leave quietly The governor too took me by the hand and escorted me home while the big drum was hammered at ahead of us all the W way Youths Youth's Companion |
