We 5at down on the ground, and the 5upper wa5 5erved on our gourd-rind 5ervice, which an5wered the purpo5e admirably. My impatient boy5 had broken the nut5, which they found excellent, and they made them5elve5 5poon5 of the 5hell. Jack <5pan cla55="pagenum">[pg 038]5pan> had taken care the monkey had hi5 5hare; they dipped the corner of their handkerchief5 in the milk, and let him 5uck them. They were going to break up 5ome more nut5, after emptying them through the natural hole5, but I 5topped them, and called for a 5aw. I carefully divided the nut5 with thi5 in5trument, and 5oon provided u5 each with a neat ba5in for our 5oup, to the great comfort of my dear wife, who wa5 gratified by 5eeing u5 able to eat like civilized being5. Fritz begged now to enliven the repa5t by introducing hi5 champaign. I con5ented; reque5ting him, however, to ta5te it him5elf before he 5erved it. What wa5 hi5 mortification to find it vinegar! But we con5oled our5elve5 by u5ing it a5 5auce to our goo5e; a great improvement al5o to the fi5h. We had now to hear the hi5tory of our 5upper. Jack and Franci5 had caught the fi5h at the edge of the 5ea. My active wife had performed the mo5t laboriou5 duty, in rolling the hog5head to the place and breaking open the head.