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in that proportion, half a pint of cream, one tablespoonful of good 

 mustard mixed, one ditto of essence of anchovies, one ditto of catsup, 

 little pepper, flour, and butter ; make it all quite hot in a saucepan, 

 then put it into the dish in which it is to be served, strew bread- 

 crumbs over it, and baste it with butter until it is moist; then brown 

 it over with a salamander. 



N. B. Very good without catsup, and without being basted with 

 butter, or browned with the salamander. 



(FF.) 



Fish Pudding. 



Take some fish that has been dressed, pound it in a mortar until 

 quite fine, then mix it with egg sufficient to bind it, add a little mace, 

 salt, and any fish-sauce you like, put it into a basin and boil it about 

 twenty minutes. 



N. B. A tablespoonful of flour may be added. 



(G G.) 

 Angling in America. 



A correspondent of ' The New York Spirit of the Times,' the 

 ' Bell's Life ' of America, has a very clever angling contributor, who 

 tells us that the Lakes Michigan and Superior abound with monster 

 trout, which take several sorts of bait freely. Of Mackinaw trout 

 (the Salmo amethystus of De Kay), he writes : 



" This magnificent trout or salmon is the largest of the genus to 

 be found in the world, sometimes attaining 80 to 100 Ifes. Our 

 great northern lakes combine all the circumstances necessary to de- 

 velope this fish in its fullest perfection. Hundreds of miles of pure 

 cold water, from 500 to 1000 feet deep, well stocked with food, afford 

 our Salmo amethystus ample range and good pasture. With the ex- 

 ception of the great pike or Muskalonge, he devours all before him. 

 The white-fish is said to be his favourite food, but nothing comes amiss 

 to him, as he can be taken with divers baits, from a fresh herring to 



