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Was rpread with fruits of various kinds, toge* 

 ther with claret, port, and madeira wines, 

 and Goava-punch. 



The round of feafting having continued 

 for feveral hours, it was followed, like our 

 dinner at the Bay-Houfe, by new provoca- 

 tives ; and the appetite, having already con- 

 fumed more than it required, was invited to 

 take more than it ought, by the unexpe£ted 

 appearance of fmoking fprats, hot lobfters, 

 and a large bowl of milk punch. 



The cloth was again regularly fpread, at 

 a fide table, and thefe things placed by us, as 

 if we had juft arrived from a journey with 

 all the cravings of hunger ; and to my afto- 

 nifhment, I confefs, fome of the party left the 

 fruit and wine, and feating themfelves in due 

 form at the other table, exhibited a renewal 

 of appetite, as if the dinner they had juft takeu 

 had been already digefted and forgotten. 



Mr. Waith's father and brother came 

 from their different plantations to meet us at 

 Spendlove, and were of the party at din- 

 ner* The old gentleman is an uncommonly 



