Beef, veal, mutton and venison, of the most select kinds and quality, roll bounteously to this grand consumer.

The teeming riches of the Chesapeake bay, its rock, perch, drums, crocus, trout, oysters, crabs, and terrapin, are drawn hither to adorn the glittering table of the great house.

The dairy, too, probably the finest on the Eastern Shore of Maryland--supplied by cattle of the best English stock, imported for the purpose, pours its rich donations of fragant cheese, golden butter, and delicious cream, to heighten the attraction of the gorgeous, unending round of feasting.

Nor are the fruits of the earth forgotten or neglected.

The fertile garden, many acres in size, constituting a separate establishment, distinct from the common farm--with its scientific gardener, imported from Scotland (a Mr.
McDermott) with four men under his direction, was not behind, either in the abundance or in the delicacy of its contributions to the same full board.