We all saw it together. I looked at the partition. "Better unship that," said the commissary. The commissary, I soon saw, was, by common consent, the commanding officer of the party. We went to work; and in no time the partition was cleverly removed, and stowed away on one side. We thus made our small parlour a large one, with the additional advantage of two fires instead of one for our culinary operations. Gingham, meanwhile, had slipped out of the room; but returned in a few minutes, looking quite innocent. He had been absent to some purpose, as the result shortly proved. We now found full employment with the herrings, roasting and toasting. Gingham, the captain, and the major, at the larger fire; I and Mr Commissary Capsicum at the other. Gingham, when he left the room, had given his order; a _carte blanche_ to the whole establishment to extemporise as handsome a breakfast as circumstances would permit, with a special caveat against delay. Enter the waiter, with a tray, and a large tablecloth.--Previous set-out transferred from the table to the tray, and placed on the sideboard.--Two tables run into one--fresh tablecloth laid.--Exit waiter. Enter waiter again, with plates, cups and saucers, knives, forks, and spoons, basin, two sugar-basins--in short, all the apparatus of a breakfast-table.--The whole laid, in the twinkling of an eye.--Exit waiter. Enter waiter a third time, with a large tray--bread, (varieties,) butter, water-cresses, ham, tongue, cold fillet of veal, cold chicken, cold pigeon-pie, all the cold eatables.--Boots handed in from the door a large block of quince marmalade, on a silver salver.--Boots handed in small jars: potted shrimps, pickled oysters, pot of Scotch honey, strawberry jam, other jams.--Boots handed in one larger jar, a Portuguese conserve, _quartos de marmelas_. (N. B. quinces cut up into lumps, and boiled in Brazilian sugar. Portuguese beat all the world in sweetmeats, and _quartos de marmelas_ beat all the rest.) I guessed Gingham had given the landlady the key of his travelling store-chest.--Boots handed in milk, cream, clouted cream. Boots handed in two splendid brass kettles of boiling water, one of which waiter placed on each fire.--Exit waiter.