* FUNDIED ' CHEESE. 65 



familiar term at Oxford, where some of the college 

 servants possess a special recipe for preparing 

 * fundied ' cheese. The cheese is cut up, put into a 

 ' fundy ' — i.e. a flat vessel made for the purpose, some 

 of the best ale is added to it, and it is heated and 

 stirred until the cheese and beer are melted together 

 to the consistency of treacle. 



Thrush has nothing to do with contraction of the 

 frog, though it is produced by cutting away the 

 frog, and surrounding the wall with unyielding iron. 

 Yet — probably because thrush shows itself in the 

 neighbourhood of the frog — the opinion that the frog 

 produces thrush is prevalent even among those who 

 ought to know better. 



A year or two ago I had been lecturing on the 

 horse's hoof. According to my invariable custom, 

 I began my lecture with a disavowal of any attempt 

 to lay down the law on this very difficult subject. I 

 begged that any of the audience would at once 

 contradict any statement which they thought to be 

 mistaken. I also mentioned that I would wait on 

 the platform after the lecture for half an hour, so that 

 any disputed point might be thoroughly investigated. 



Xo one challenged any remark during the lecture, 

 nor for at least half an hour, during which I re- 

 mained on the platform after the conclusion of the 

 lecture. But a local veterinary surgeon, who was 



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