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Three Years in California by John D. Borthwick (1857)(LoC) (423 pages)
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Page: of 423
174 KNIVES VERSUS FORKS.
me a slice of roast beef, I should have had the
hungry number threes down upon me before I had
commenced my dinner.
Good-humour, however, was the order of the day ;
conversation, of course, was out of the question ; but
if you asked a man to pass you a dish, he did do so
with pleasure, devoting one hand to your service,
while with his knife or fork, as it might be, in the
other, he continued to convey the contents of his
plate to their ultimate destination. I must say that
a knife was a favourite weapon with my convives, and
in wielding it they displayed considerable dexterity,
using it to feed themselves with such things as most
people would eat with a spoon, if eating for a wager,
or with a fork if only eating for ordinary purposes.
After dinner a smart-looking young gentleman
opened a monte bank in the bar-room, laying out
five or six hundred dollars on the table as his bank.
For half an hour or so he did a good business, when
the miners began to drop off to resume their work.