194 FLESH SIZE CATTLE-SHOW. 



yet be over fattened, as appears by specimens exhi- 

 bited a few years since, at Lord Somerville's show, 

 which were loaded with fat without and within, like 

 the best feeding sheep ; and at the late London 

 cattle-show, two were exhibited, one of them ex- 

 ceeding the weight of 151bs. 



The FLESH of the rabbit is esteemed equally di- 

 gestible as that of fowls, and equally proper for the 

 table of the invalid. This seems to be the general 

 sentiment, especially with regard to the sucking 

 rabbit boiled. There is, nevertheless, some discre- 

 pancy of judgment between our sages of the table, 

 as to the preference due to the wild or tame rabbit. 

 In our opinion, the flesh of the wild rabbit is most 

 savoury and substantial, that of the tame and home- 

 fed, most delicate and chicken-like. We frequently 

 observe a deep yellow suffusion, tinging the whole 

 flesh and fat of the rabbit, and the same also in the 

 turkey and in beef. I could never conjecture or ob- 

 tain any satisfactory cause for this phenomenon. Is 

 the cause biliary ? Of the two rabbits at the late 

 show, one was white as silver, the other a deep yel- 

 low, yet apparently both equally healthy. 



A laughable incident occurred on the exhibition 

 of Rabbits, at the late Lord Somerville's show. 

 Calling on my noble friend the following day, in 

 order to talk over relative topics, his Lordship said 

 to me with an appearance of apprehension and dis- 

 trust Why, do not you think that rabbits were 

 sent merely for the purpose of throwing a ridicule 

 on the show, and ought they to have been received ? 

 I assured him I thought very differently, and that 



