Travelling abroad—Munich—Lack of comforts—Baths and bathing, then and
now—A careless traveller—A carriage on a railway truck in recent
years—The last of the Sedan-chairs—An eccentric menu—Abraham
Hayward—Acclimatising crayfish—English truffles—Change in dinner
hour—Old English fare—Careless housekeeping—Cookery books—Soyer and
his wife—An obsolete custom—The triumph of tobacco 120