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Show COMPLETE AND NOISY MEAL Traveler Surely Well Fitted With Abundance of Nourishment and "Music." The longcet nnd noisiest dinner that Mr. James Slbreo, Jr., the author of "A NaturalUt In MndagaBcar," ever attended at-tended was given by the governor of a town called Ankarana. About a score of officers wero at the table and seven Indies. After n long grace by the pastor, pas-tor, dinner was brought In, and consisted consist-ed of tho following courses: First, curry; second, goose; third, pigeons nnd waterfowl; fourth, chicken chick-en cutlets and poached eggi; fifth, beef sausages; sixth, boiled tongue; seventh, sardines; eighth, pig's trotters; trot-ters; ninth, tried bananas; tenth, pancakes; pan-cakes; eleventh, manioc; twelfth, dried bananas. And lastly, says Mr Slbr, when I thought everything must have been served, enme haunches of roast beef. Claret went about very freely, and at length some much stronger liquor; and the healths of the queen, "Our frlonds, the two foreigners." then those of tho prime minister, chief secretary sec-retary and chief Judge, were all drunk twice over, the governor's coming last; and each was followed by musical mu-sical and drum honors. There was a big drum Just outside on the veranda, as well as tno small ones, besides clarinets nnd fiddles, and these were in full piny almost all tho lime. Then tho room was filled by a crowd of servants nnd aides de camp, and the shouting of everyone, from tho governor down, wns deafening. deafen-ing. Tho old gentleman directed everything every-thing and everyone. I wns glad when I could take my leave, aftor two hourB sitting, but I was not to leave quietly. Tho governor took me by tho hand and escorted mo home, while the big drum wns hammered at ahead of us all the way. Youth's Companion. |