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made of Pine plank, not varnished or painted
and his manner of living was altogether plain
tho' his table was supplied with all the
substantial articles which the Country afforded.
His manners of course were French
tho' his habits, in some respects, were more
English or American, than French : He was an
intolerable Epicure. He drank freely, all day
& eat enormously _ Smoked all the time. tho
I never saw him intoxicated. I was much
amused at a dialogue between him & his father
in law, who undertook to reprove him, for
his excessive drinking. "Wile (said Murat)
if that is not very much like Satan, condeming
sin, I dont know what is. You Sir
(said he) are the very Man learnt me
to drink. When I first went to your house
(continued he) to see Kate, I had never drank
a drop of Spirit in the morning in my
life. The first thing with you, Sir, in the
morning was a Julep, which you forced
me, to drink, saying it was a might good
ante for Mattick. I drank at first to please
you - found it damnation good - became fond
of it, and have drank ever since to please
myself & expect to continue to do so. Come
come, Major (said he) don't reprove me for
drinking - You were my Precepter. "Sir, you
love it, as well as I do - but if I have got a little
ahead of you, you ought to consider your
self honored in your gifted protegee". The major
was headed, & the subject was dropped. The first
morning, Colo Murat & his Guests rose from the
breakfast table, leaving Madam, still shocked
at it. He very deliberately walked up to the head