78 SEA FISH OF TRINIDAD 



but true Barbadian bom, it should be written in honest 

 English. 



MENU 



Mayaro Oysters 



(in half shell) 



Potted Manatee brains on toast 



Chip-chip Soup with forcemeat balls of minced paludes 



(cockles) 



Boiled grouper Ailerondes stewed 



Cirique sauce in white wine 



(Blue Rock crab) (Mayaro soles) 



Roast Lap 



Seville Orange sauce 



Iced Coco-nut Cream, with seaside grape jelly 



Dewar's whiskey Contraband 



(old vatted) rum 



After dinner, G. A. F., suddenly recollecting his political 

 banquet of the previous evening, proposed the healths of 

 the King and Sir George Ruthven, which were duly honoured. 

 When, however, with relics of the maple leaf still clinging 

 round him, he volunteered to sing that celebrated song, we, 

 knowing that he had a voice like a foghorn, and being also 

 fearful that it might attract the attention of the celebrated 

 Vanderdecken and his phantom ship, which had been seen 

 off the East Coast, begged him to postpone it for the present. 

 So we adjourned to the beach for an al fresco smoke with the 

 sharp salt breeze bringing its soporific influences to bear upon 

 us, and the phosphorescent breakers playing like lambent 

 flames on the sand. As I could see that both my friends 

 were thoroughly impressed with the idea that supernatural 

 beings haunted the coast, I interrogated them on the subject, 

 and L. E. B. came out especially strong, in fact, quite Colerid- 

 gian. He had been out on the beach at all hours of the night 

 and morning, and had frequently seen the phantom, some- 

 times in the shape of a full rigged ship with one solitary large 

 blue light at the peak ; at other times a sloop or small boat, 

 evidently making in shore. One night after a storm, there 

 came the proverbial calm, and he saw the light making for 

 the shore near the house, so he waited for it. He noticed 

 that the sea had an unusual appearance, for, although 



