THE HAMPER FROM HOME. 165

day occurred during the half-year, it was
customary for the friends of the boy to
send him a hamper; and it was Dr.
Young’s practice to allow the boy, and
such of his schoolfellows as he might in-
vite, to pass the afternoon in an unfur-
nished room, looking out upon the gar-
den, and removed equally from Dr.
Young’s own apartments and the school
premises. Here, on an ancient deal-table,
\which, ‘with some benches, formed the
sole, surviving furniture of the room,)
they used to spread their banquet, and
enjoy themselves after the manner of
boys, in the uncontrolled possession of
fraits, sweetmeats, pastry, and cakes.
And the feast concluded, the remainder
of the afternoon was usually passed in
playing forfeits, hide-and-seek, and similar
games. Harry recollected that he had