where, perhaps, there are twenty Gueſts, and as for Forks, they ſeem not to know what to do with them; for if a Manks Man, or Woman, happens to be invited to an Engliſh Family, nothing can be more aukward than their attempting to make Uſe of them. They are admirably dextrous in diſſecting a Fowl with their Fingers, and if the Operation happens to be more than ordinarily difficult, they take one Quarter in their Teeth, and with both their Hands wrench the Limbs aſunder. This, I have ſeen done among very wealthy People, and who would not deny themſelves theſe Conveniences, if they thought them of any Conſequence. Nay, ſo incorrigible are they in this Humour, that tho', whenever invited by the Engliſh or Iriſh, they find theſe Utenſils at every Plate, they will not return the Complaiſanceat their own Entertainments. This Behaviour, at my firſt coming, put me in mind of Æsop's Stork, who invited the Fox to Dinner on Viands in long-necked Bottles; for I found good Proviſion, but no means to come at it. But on my growing better acquainted with the Cuſtom of the People, I carried for
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