On the fourth day after the _Boadicea's_ arrival, the ceremony was performed on board of her by Mr Ferguson; and the passengers of the _Bombay_, residing at the house of Mr-----, who was an intimate friend of the bridegroom, received and accepted the invitation to the marriage-dinner.

The feast was splendid, and after the Portuguese custom.

The first course was _boiled_: it consisted of boiled beef, boiled mutton, boiled hams, boiled tongues, boiled bacon, boiled fowls, boiled turkeys, boiled sausages, boiled cabbages, boiled potatoes, and boiled carrots.

Duplicates of each were ranged in opposition, until the table groaned with its superincumbent weight.

All were cut up, placed in one dish, and handed round to the guests.