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originator or discoverer of phrenology. These two 

 sentiments were offered at the table: 



Our scientific countryman, John James Audubon — 

 the flight of the eagle is not beyond his reach, nor the 

 tenants of the poultry yard beneath his notice. 



Our honored guest. Dr. Spurzheim — he reveals to 

 us the secret import of our "bumps;" we greet him 

 with a bumper. 



The record indicates that the society's dinner usu- 

 ally took place at the Dudley Tavern. This stood 

 opposite to the junction of the two roads now called 

 Cambridge and Washington streets. The city of 

 Boston is building at the present time a police station 

 upon the site of the ancient inn. The spot is about 

 700 feet east of the meeting house, so that on these 

 occasions the procession was re-formed after the pub- 

 lic exercises were ended, and the march was continued 

 to the place of dining, giving the drums, fifes and 

 other instruments a second opportunity to electrify 

 the throngs that occupied the wayside. In a few 

 instances the dinner was given at the Bull's Head 

 tavern, adding about 1,000 feet length to the route of 

 procession. The charge for dinner tickets was some- 

 times $1.25 and sometimes $1.50, each. Probably 

 the table was more abundantly spread on these high- 

 priced days. Among the society's dusty files may be 

 found a manuscript, which evidently served as a 

 standard or model for preparing, annually, a written 

 bill of fare as copy for printing, and also for making 

 a draft of a contract with a caterer. The list of viands, 

 as thus displayed, may prove interesting to those 

 having in charge similar entertainments at this period, 

 and to others who may like to be put in a way to judge 



