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fully five feet in length, which 1 had already seen in the 

 Museum. Little did my friend, the artist, Charles R. 

 Knight, imagine, when he was making this model, that 

 it was to serve as the center-piece at a banquet to be 

 given to one of his acquaintances in far-away Argentina. 

 There were two menus beside each cover, one intended 

 to be taken seriously, not so the other. The latter 

 claimed the most attention. It is worthy of being here 

 reproduced, as it was the next day in all the papers of 

 the Capital. 



MENU. 



Sauterne. 



Margaux. 



HORS D CEUVRES. 



Canape Multimillionaire. 



POTAGE. 



Creme loess pampeano. 



POISSON. 

 Filet de Lepidosiren a la Papa Roth. 



RELEVE. 

 Petites bouchees a la Don Samuel. 



ENTREES. 



Grande piece Diplodocus a la Holland. 



LEGUMES. 



Calamites Sauce Nagelschmied. 1 



ROTI. 

 Phororhacus Bruche 2 au cresson. 



ENTREMETS. 



Champagne 



Carte blanche. Pudding diplomatique See groseille. 



Bavaroise Panachee. 



Moka. Cigarres. 



1 Nagelschmied =Herrero-Ducloux, a pun for which the author should 

 be compelled to do long penance. 



2 A veiled reference to Professor Carlos Bruch, an equally horrible pun. 



