Operations then commenced.

Mr.
Wood carved the ducks; Mr.Kneebone helped to the pigeon-pie; while Thames unwired and uncorked a bottle of stout Carnarvonshire ale.

The woollen-draper was no despicable trencherman in a general way; but his feats with the knife and fork were child's sport compared with those of Mr.Smith.The leg and wing of a duck were disposed of by this gentleman in a twinkling; a brace of pigeons and a pound of steak followed with equal celerity; and he had just begun to make a fierce assault upon the eggs and ham.

His appetite was perfectly Gargantuan.

Nor must it be imagined, that while he thus exercised his teeth, he neglected the flagon.