288 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



of dressing their fish for breakfast : — As 

 soon as the salmon is caught, crimp it — 

 if hooked in the morning, so much the 

 better — carry it home and cut it in sUces ; 

 broil them, and when done, break some 

 boiled eggs (not too hard) over them, with 

 a sprinkling of salt and a plentiful dusting 

 of Cayenne. The fish thus dressed, and 

 eaten with some rice, boiled after the In- 

 dian manner, perfectly dry, is one of the 

 best ornaments on a breakfast-table, and 

 is a salacious condiment much to be 

 coveted. 



Fried fish and rice constitute one of 

 the many luxuries enjoyed in the East In- 

 dies. In the Western hemisphere I know 

 of but two. One is, sitting up to your 



chin in a cold bath ; and the other d g 



Christopher Columbus for having disco- 

 vered the islands at all. 



The most singular meal of salmon I ever 

 partook of was on a fishing visit to 



