lishman. I always very glad am to meet with
Englishmen. I two years spent in London." "Indeed!" said I; "you speak
English very well, considering you learned it in England!" "Yes,
sare--in London--I was in business there." "Mercantile?" said I. "No,
sare; I attended to mi-lor Granby's 'orses." "Oh! that indeed!" "Yes,
sare;" and so the conversation went on in a manner both entertaining
and instructive. In the course of it, I gathered that my
shabby-genteel friend was going to Revel to attend a 'orse-race.

Another conspicuous group on the deck soon after attracted my
attention--the hungry people. This group consisted of some six or
eight persons, male and female, of a very Jewish cast of features,
well-dressed and lively, evidently Germans, since they spoke in the
German language. Scarcely had the steamer cast loose from the quay
when they opened the pile of baskets, boxes, and packages by which
they were surrounded, and, taking out sundry loaves of bread, lumps of
cheese, sausages, and wine-bottles, began to eat and drink with a
voracity perfectly amazing. I was certain I had seen them a thousand
times before. Every feature was familiar; and even their
constitutional appetite was nothing new to me. I had never seen this
group, or their prototype, in any public conveyance, or in any part of
the world, without a feeling of envy at the extraordinary vigor of
their digestive functions. Here were pale, cadaverous-looking men, and
sallow women, who never stopped eating from morning till night, in
rough or calm weather, in sunshine or storm; ever hungry, ever
thirsty, ever cramming and guzzling with a degree of zest that the
sturdiest laborer in the field could never experience; and yet they
neither burst nor dropped down dead, nor suffered from sea-sickness.
Doubtless they had just breakfasted before they came aboard; but, to
make sure of it, they immediately breakfasted again. As soon as they
were through that, they lunched; then they dined; after dinner they
drank coffee and ate cakes; after coffee and cakes they lunched again;
then they ate a hearty supper, and after supper whetted their
appetites on tea and cakes; and before bedtime appeased the cravings
of hunger with a heavy meal of sausages, brown bread, and cheese,
which they washed down with several bottles of wine. I don't know how
many times they got up to eat in the night, but suppose it could not
have been more than twice or three times, since they were at it ag