[Footnote 54: In Cochin-China, a traveller may always obtain his dinner
by simply joining the family of the first house he may choose to enter,
such hospitality being the general custom.]
[Footnote 55: _Esprit des Usages, et des Coutumes._]
[Footnote 56: If the master be present, he devotes himself to cramming
his guests to repletion.]