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 and vegetables, and preparing the delightful beverage of the evening meal, a portion of which took place in the presence of the surprised and amused guests, while other parts were conducted under a shed out of doors. A large table was soon spread with clean linen, and covered with a profusion of viands such as probably could not be found on the board of the mere peasant or labouring farmer in any other part of the Coffee was there, with sweet milk and buttermilk in abundance; fried chickens, venison, and ham:; [sic] cheese, sweetmeats, pickles, dried fruit, and honey; bread of wheat and corn, hot biscuits and