The cauldron, filled with a mess of kid stewed in a multitude of onions, is fetched from the fire, and, being set upon a smooth board, is slid down the table to our host, who, after picking out some titbits for us, serves himself, and so slides it back, each man in turn picking out a morsel on the end of his knife.

He sits with a patient, disgusted face while we repeat, "Owen More had run away Owin' more than he could pay; Owen More came back one day Owin' more"; and when he can bear it no longer leaves the table remarking Titbits.

It concluded with the notice that visitors were prohibited from bringing any dogs with them at twelve o'clock (the hour for feeding the captive), as these animals would be sure to snap from the poor German all his titbits.