subterranean cave than anything else; they were dancing English
dances, and the music here was a degree better, as a drum was
played by one of the violinists! [This might be effected by the
violin player having the drumstick tied to his right foot, which
was sometimes done.]

I went on to the large hall, where we had dined, and there the
orchestra was more numerous, and the music more tolerable. They
were also dancing English dances, but only opposite the raised
platform where the four first sets had dined with the Lord Mayor.
The other tables were all filled afresh with gentlemen, who as
usual drank freely the whole night. The strangest thing of all was
that one part of the company went on dancing without hearing a
single note of the music, for first at one table, and then at
another, songs were shouted, or toasts given, amidst the most crazy
uproar and clinking of glasses and hurrahs. This hall and all the
other rooms were lighted with lamps, of which the effluvia was most
disagreeable, especially in the small ballroom. It was remarkable
that the Lord Mayor had no need of a carving-knife, as a man in the
centre of the table carved everything for him. One man stood before
the Lord Mayor and another behind him, shouting out vociferously
all the toasts in their order according to etiquette, and after
each toast came a flourish of kettledrums and trumpets. No health
was more applauded than that of Mr Pitt. There seemed to be no
order. The dinner cost 6,000 pounds, one-half of which is paid
by the Lord Mayor, and the other half by the two sheriffs.

Royalty Again

In this same month--November--he visited the Marionettes at the