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the bottom, and there decomposing give rise to 

 death and decimation. 



Raw meat, especially beef, chopped fine, is a 

 very good, nourishing diet, much to be recom- 

 mended. It is easily prepared by one of the 

 numerous machines sold for such purposes ; 

 " Starret's Patent American Meat Chopper " 

 answers well for this, and may be obtained 

 at the establishment of Mr. E. Cox, 117, 

 High Holborn, London, for the sum of thirty 

 shillings. 



Raw meat pounded with arrowroot biscuit is 

 also very useful, and in the writer's opinion, 

 leaves little to be desired. It is thus pre- 

 pared : One or more, according to the num- 

 ber of fry, of Messrs. Peak, Frean and Co.'s 

 "Town" biscuits, is crushed in a mortar to a 

 moderately fine powder, and a lump of lean 

 meat, about as large as a walnut, is allowed to 

 each biscuit. The meat is thrown into the 

 mortar, and being covered with biscuit-flour 



