tumbled, in the moft ludicrous manner, to the 

 oppofite fide, kicking, ftruggling, or crawling^ 

 amidft a confufion of moving chairs, ftoolsj 

 boxes, and other furniture. 



Our dinner ceremony is often rendered 

 a humorous fcene : at this hour the cabin 

 being the general rendezvous of the party, 

 we meet— crawl, trembling, towards the table 

 — and tie ourfelves in the chairs. A tray is 

 fet before us, with deep holes cut in it for the 

 dirties, plates, and glafks; the table and chairs 

 are lafhed to the deck ; yet one or other fre- 

 quently gives w^ay and upfets half the thinga 

 in the cabin ! Prefently enters the fteward whh 

 foup, followed by his little flave with potatoes j 

 and the fervants wath fuch other covers as there 

 may chance to be. But fcarcely are the things 

 upon table, and the fervants ftationed, cling- 

 ing to the backs of our chairs, before a fudden 

 lurch of the ftip tumbles all into diforder. 

 Away go fteward, fervants, and little Mungo, 

 to the lee corner of the cabin : the foup falutes 

 the lap of one of us ; another receives a leg 

 of pork ; a thi;*d is prefented with a piece of 

 mutton or beef ; a couple of chickens or ducks 



