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done them, in order to infpire them with a 

 greater regard for the French officers. T muft 

 tell you, that the Ton of that noble Kawytas 

 whom the French had honoured with the pom- 

 pous title of emperor, was very much at a lofs 

 the firft time he dined with us -, for he had ne- 

 ver made ufe of a fork before ^ therefore he. 

 looked at us very attentively, in order to imir 

 tatc our way. of eating. His regent had not the 

 fame patience, he took the breall and back bone 

 of a turkey and broke it with his finger?, fay- 

 ing, that the Mafter of life had made them be- 

 fore the knives and forks were made. 



Towards the end of the repaft we had a 

 little farce with the hired fervant of the Empe- 

 ror, who flood behind his Indian majefly dur- 

 ing dinner -, this fellow obferving that we eat 

 muflard with our boiled meat, afls:ed M. de Bou- 

 din what it was that we feemed to relifh fo 

 much ; as this ofHcer fpeaks the language of the 

 nation, having lived forty years among them, 

 he anfwered, that the French were by no means 

 covetous of what they polTefTed $ the Indian 

 immediately took a fpoonful of muftard, v/hich 

 being very flrong, forced him to make many 

 ridiculous contortions, which made his mailer 

 burd out laughing ; his fervant was far from 

 T 2 i^ug^'if^S 



