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vigour, amidft all thefe indulgences, which 

 might ftagger the do&rines of the advocates 

 of abftemioufnefs. 



In the order of the feaft plenty more pre- 

 vails than elegance. The loaded board groans, 

 nay almoft finks beneath the weight of hof- 

 pitality. That delicacy of arrangement now 

 ftudied in England, under the term oeconomy 

 of the table, is here deemed a lefs perfection 

 than a fubftantial plenty. Liberality is more 

 efteemed than delicacy in the fupply ; and 

 folids are, fometimes, heaped upon the table 

 in a crowded abundance that might make a 

 London fine lady faint. 



The repaft not unffequently confifts of 

 different kinds of fiih — a variety of foups — a 

 young kid — a whole lamb, or half a fheep — 

 feveral diihes of beef, or mutton — a turkey — 

 a large ham— guinea fowls — and a pigeon pie ; 

 with various kinds of puddings ; a profufion 

 of vegetables; and multitudes of fweets. I 

 was lately one of a fmall party, where, pre- 

 cifely, this dinner was ferved, and where the 

 half of a fheep, kicking its legs almoft in the 

 face of the matter of the houfe, adorned the 



