. Camps and firesides of the revolution . ge tureens of soup were placed at jOI1g ethe ends of the table. The admiral sat on the right of Tracy, and Mon- The admiralsieur de lEtombe on the left. LEtombe was consul was Count D France, resident at Boston. Tracy filled a plate with soup, which went to the admiral, and the next was handed to the consul. As soon as LEtombe put his spoon into his plate he fished up a large frog, just as green and perfect as if he had hopped from the pond into the tureen. Not knowing at first what it was, he seized it by one of its hind legs, and, holding
. Camps and firesides of the revolution . ge tureens of soup were placed at jOI1g ethe ends of the table. The admiral sat on the right of Tracy, and Mon- The admiralsieur de lEtombe on the left. LEtombe was consul was Count D France, resident at Boston. Tracy filled a plate with soup, which went to the admiral, and the next was handed to the consul. As soon as LEtombe put his spoon into his plate he fished up a large frog, just as green and perfect as if he had hopped from the pond into the tureen. Not knowing at first what it was, he seized it by one of its hind legs, and, holding it up in view of the whole company, discovered that it was a full-grown 222 Revolutionary Firesides [No. 66 frog. As soon as he had thoroughly inspected it,and made himself sure of the matter, he exclaimed,Ah! mon Uieu ! un grenouille ! then, turning tothe gentleman next to him, gave him the frog. He received it, and passed it around the the poor crapand made the tour from hand tohand until it reached the admiral. The company,. THREE GENERATIONS OF DOLLS. convulsed with laughter, examined the soup-platesas the servants brought them, and in each was to befound a frog. The uproar was universal. MeantimeTracy kept his ladle going, wondering what his out-landish guests meant by such extravagant the matter? asked he, and, raising hishead, surveyed the frogs dangling by a leg in alldirections. Why dont they eat them? he ex- no. 67] Royalty 223 claimed. If they knew the confounded trouble Ihad to catch them in order to treat them to a dish oftheir own country, thev would find that with me, atleast, it was no joking matter. Thus was poor Tracydeceived by vulgar prejudice and common report. Hemeant to regale his distinguished guests with refinedhospitality, and had caused all the swamps of Cam-bridge to be searched in order to furnish them with agenerous supply of what he believed to be in Francea standing national dish. This entertainment wasgiven in 1778 to
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