16 HIPPOPHAGY. 



smell before the stuff cam' near the door." After we 

 had eaten delicious soup and excellent stew, prepared 

 by her reluctant hands, the worthy woman thought she 

 should pray for us. " The Lord be wi' the maister ! 

 After eatin' o' sic an onnat'ral brute, he's shure to tak' 

 the worst kind o' jaundice, for it's aye ta'en wi' an 

 awfu' scunner."* 



We are happy to announce that the jaundice was all 

 in her eye, and that we are enjoying peace of mind 

 and body after this first, but we hope not last, trial of 

 hippophagy. 



If any exclaim, " Horrid man ! to advise the eating 

 of horse-flesh," quietly, good friends, if you please ! 

 Have you not eaten of it disguised as Bologna sausage, 

 or "Kussian ox-tongues," which, though of undeniable 

 merit, are well known to be those of horses ? 



* Anglic^, intense disgust. 



