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THE DINNER. 



Hal. — Now take your places. What 

 think you of our fish ? 



Phys. — I never ate better ; but I want the 

 Harvey or Reading sauce. 



Hal. — Pray let me entreat you to use no 

 other sauce than the water in which he was 

 boiled. I assure you this is the true Epi- 

 curean way of eating fresh salmon : and for 

 the trout, use only a little vinegar and mus- 

 tard — a sauce a la Tartare^ without the 

 onions. 



PoiET. — Well, nothing can be better ; and 

 I do not think fresh net-caught fish can be 

 superior to these. 



Hal. — And these snipes are excellent. 

 Either my journey has given me an appetite, 

 or I think they are the best I ever tasted. 



Orn. — They are good, but I have tasted 

 better. 



Hal. — Where ? 



Orn. — On the Continent ; where the com- 

 mon snipe, that rests during its migration from 

 the north to the south in the marshes of Italy 



