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flesh of the kid is thought preferable to lamb. 

 The haunches are frequently salted, and used in- 

 stead of bacon. But I cannot say that I admire 

 the flesh of the old ones, as it has a strong, pecuHar 

 taste. 



Do not suppose that I lead the life of a recluse : 

 though at so great a distance from the metropolis, 

 we have our festivities. If they are of a different 

 kind from balls and masquerades, they are, at least, 

 full as innocent, and sometimes leave a tranquillity 

 and satisfaction on the mind that can only be pro- 

 cured from those pleasures that consist more in 

 making others happy than in present self-gratifica- 

 tion. Mrs. Saville, whose principal study is to do 

 good, promotes the welfare and establishment in life 

 of those girls who have been brought up in her 

 school, after they have left it. If they form a ma- 

 trimonial connexion that meets her approbation, she 

 either gives them a wedding dinner, or supplies 

 them with some useful article towards house-keep- 

 ing, according to the circumstances of the party. 

 You will, perhaps, think this liberality very incon- 

 sistent with the narrow fortune to which I former- 

 ly told you she was limited ; but, by denying her- 

 self every superfluous indulgence, she has always 

 something to spare for the wants of others, which 

 she loves to relieve in that delicate manner that 



