It appears that the commodore had given some instructions to the steward, which he evidently had not understood, for, upon asking that functionary towards the end of dinner for a bottle of fine old Madeira which had been kept back as a bonnebouche, he gave a wild stare-of astonishment, and said he had put it all into the chowder.

This little addition, I can testify, most certainly did not spoil it.

The toddy was not subject to any such unwarrantable addition; and, if I may judge from the quantity taken by my neighbours, they all found it as delicious a drink as I did myself.
_Recipes_.
TODDY .-- 4 tumblers of water: 1 ditto, sugar: peel of 5 lemons, and dessert spoon of the juice: add a few pieces of peach and pine-apple, and some strawberries.

Quarter of an hour before use, throw in 2 tumblers of old rum and a lump or two of block ice.
CHOWDER .-- Saucepan ready, frizzle pork and onions till quite brown; put a layer at bottom of the saucepan--saucerful;--on that, a layer of mashed potatoes--soup-plateful;--on that, raw sea-bass,[G] cut in lumps 4 lbs.;--on that, pork and onions as before;--add half a nutmeg, spoonful of mace, spoonful of cloves, and double that quantity of thyme and summer savory; another layer of mashed potatoes, 3 or 4 Crackers,[H] half a bottle of ketchup, half a bottle of claret, a liberal pinch of black, and a small pinch of red pepper.

Just cover this with boiling water, and put it on the fire till the fish is cooked.
The gallant commodore and his brother are now employed in building an iron bomb-proof floating battery, four hundred feet long, intended as a harbour defence.