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CHAPTER III. IN the 8th day of February, 1862, Mr. Allen took charge of his business and gave me a splendid dinner, at which were all the Consuls of the different nations. When the cloth was removed, Mr. Allen arose at the table and, after eulogizing ine for the way I had acted since 1859 to the present, more especially the last fourteen months, he presented me at the close with a Frodsham gold watch and chain, which cost at Tiffany's, New York, $600. The presenta- tion was unexpected to me. 1 ing him for so valuable a gift. said I was not done my duty. made by all the replied, thank- Of course, I worthy of it, as I had only Then there were specches Consuls. Sir R. Schamburg,
