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time of a mistress of a house, the affairs of which are 

 carried on in this way, is taken up in talking about 

 what is to be got for dinner, and in negotiations with 

 the butcher. One single moment spent at table be- 

 yond what is absolutely necessary, is a moment very 

 shamefully spent ; but. to suffer a system of domestic 

 economy, which unnecessarily wastes daily an hour 

 or two of the mistress's time in hunting for the pro- 

 vision for the repast, is a shame indeed ; and when 

 we consider how much time is generally spent in this 

 and in equally absurd ways, it is no wonder that we 

 see so little performed by numerous individuals as 

 they do perform during the course of their lives. 



158. Very fat parts ofBeefn\&y be salted and smo- 

 ked in a like manner. Not the lean ; for that is a great 

 waste, and is, in short, good for nothing. Poor fel- 

 lows on board of ships are compelled to eat it, but it 

 is a very bad thing. 



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159. I NOW proceed to treat of objects of less impor- 

 tance than the foregoing, but still such as may be 

 worthy of great attention. If all of them cannot be 

 expected to come within the scope of a labourer's fami- 

 ly, some of them must, and others may : and it is al- 

 ways of great consequence, that children be brought 

 up to set a just value upon all useful things, and es- 

 pecially upon all living" things; to know the utility 

 of them : for, without this, they never, when grown 

 up, are worthy of being entrusted with the care of 

 them. One of the greatest, and, perhaps, the very 

 commonest, fault of servants, is their inadequate care 

 of animals committed to their charge. It is a well- 

 known saying that " the masters eye makes the horse 

 fat," and the remissness to which this alludes, is gene- 

 rally owing to the servant not having been brought up 

 to feel an interest in the well-being of animals. 



