This ill-mated pair, although both are chiefly interested in food, seldom seem to agree.

I must not omit to mention however that the number of courses served at an American millionaire's dinner is after all less numerous than those furnished at a Chinese feast.

When a Chinese gentleman asks his friends to dine with him the menu may include anywhere from thirty to fifty or a hundred courses; but many of the dishes are only intended for show.

The guests are not expected to eat everything on the table, or even to taste every delicacy, unless, indeed, they specially desire to do so.

Again, we don't eat so heartily as do the Americans, but content ourselves with one or two mouthfuls from each set of dishes, and allow appreciable intervals to elapse between courses, during which we make merry, smoke, and otherwise enjoy the company.