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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5477, 7 February 1885, Page 4

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In the short Eastern gloamlngß mittee of arrangement gatheredS'i|| tent under a solemn sense of tesnjjwj on its members devolved the duli§i out the tables. Not that,'fcijjjnf! thoro wero any tables ; that lnxaS* yot unknown in the head-quatS| But substitutes were avoilabltwi rawed on boxes, in tho lids of Mil and in a couple of half doors tqttljjt picked upsomehow. Theseapnutt^ disposed as to bear securely tnoYjijJi presently wero to bo spread, tWflisS, seats gave somo trouble.- "i^'M company had stools or chairsot'Mj but there wore tho two Frenclrt* who had srmgglcd_ up the'j&Mfi l.^ttors of introduction to Sirßag|| baggago with my camp stooljHS To tho Frenchmen was allotbnj|n champagne crate ; to me was atagij boor barrel, set up on its endpjni ante-room was the camp stroot mtifo dining tent; and at the fashipttj hour of eight we "went in".iia the strains of tho " Roast Baffin England." It was a right jovijl'^i tho most cordial good-fellowshinffi Ho would have been a cynical epea who would have criticised!;tbssß ments ; tho banquet itself vraa'M cavil. Rummaging among somo'tilji the other day, I found the.imaMl deserves to bo quoted ; " Soup-Jifi Fish—Whitebait (from tho CaMS Entrees—Cotelettes aux Chamjb Poulets ala Mayonaise. Joints-Si fowl, roast beef, roast saddle 0! ii boiled brisket oi beef, boiled leg old and caper sauce. Curry—Chijtjajui —Lemon jolly, blancmange, MXwii plum pudding. Grilled sardineeji frittors, cheese, dessert." Truthci*w avowal that thore was no table Mi was the board resplendent tnpnj gay with flowers. Table crcckarji deficient, or, to be more accurato,,ttal none. All the dishes were of metal/vi soup was oaten, or rather drunk; 4 mugs und iron teacups. Butittastall the worse on that account, and let it tc corded that there were cbampagMji while between erery two g^tffij magnum reared its golden U| "The Queo.i,"of coujise, therexfffii toasts after tho feast—one was "Ji Friends," drunk in a wistful lilew tho other, the caterer's health, greetlJi vociferous enthusiasm.—"Engliffil tratod Magazine."