Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer.

大多数统计表读起来都非常枯燥，可是，眼前的这个却不然，因为读者满眼都是大桶小桶瓶瓶罐罐的美酒佳肴，让人兴高采烈，受用不尽。