There has been no adulteration of the ingredients of the dishes composing the banquet. I may, however, casually remark that some curious discrepancies are occasionally met with in the figures in appropriation Acts, for which the publishers and myself do not wish to be held responsible should any appear in the following pages. I abstain from expressing my own personal opinions, and, except to a very limited extent in the Introductory Chapter, do not refer to my individual experiences. DUGALD J. BANNATYNE. ALDRICH COURT, 41-45 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, August 1887. |