SUMMER RETREAT IN ARKANSAS. 45 
of cities, as it would to have the articles composing it~ 
exposed for sale in the markets. 
Bob Herring managed it as follows: he took a long 
wooden skewer, and having thrust its point through a 
small piece of the liver fat, he then followed it by a 
small piece of the liver, then the fat, then the liver, and 
so, on, until his most important material was consumed ; 
when this was done, he opened the “ bear’s handker- 
chief,” or caul, and wrapped it round the whole, and 
thus roasted it before the fire. Like all the secrets in 
cookery, this dish depends, for its flavor and richness, 
upon giving exactly the proper quantities, as a super- 
abundance of one, or the other, would completely spoil 
the dish. 
“T was always unlucky, boys,” said Bob— 
throwing the bear skin and its contents over his 
shoulders, “ but I have had my fill often of caul fat and 
liver—many a man who thinks he’s Zucky, lives and dies 
as ignorant of its vartue, as a possum is of corn cake. 
If I ever look dead, boys, don’t bury me until you see I 
don’t open my eyes when the caul fat and liver is ready 
for eating; if I don’t move when you show me it, then 
I am a done goner, sure.” 
Night closed in before we reached our homes—the 
excitement of the morning wore upon our spirits and 
energy, but the evening’s meal of caul fat and liver, and 
other “fixins,” or Bob Herring’s philosophical remarks, 
