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and Brain — Clear Head and clear Stomach — Epicurean Daadies — Rough 

 and Tumble — Gluttony — Sensuality — The Magnus Coquus — Hominum 

 Servatorem — The Scientia Popinos — The greatest annoyance to a Sports- 

 man — Diiference between a Glutton, Gourmand, or Epicure — Facts stated 

 by Accum — Savages and Gluttony — The Feast of Apicius ; of Vitellus — 

 Luxurious Romans — Inhabitants of the Celestial Empire — A Glutton — 

 Quantity eaten — Sentiments of Kitchener; of Louis Eustache Ude — Row 

 to select Game — The Young and the Old — The Fresh and the Stale — When 

 to be eaten — V/orms, Leeches, and Bugs found in their Stomachs — Par- 

 tridges will keep better than other Game — When Frozen — Effect of Frost 

 — Annual Fair at St. Petersburg!! and Moscow — Cooking Game — Various 

 Methods — Roast Game — Larded Game — Broiled Game — To Broil Par- 

 tridges before a Coal-fire — Boiled Game — Cooking Pheasants — To Cook 

 Snipe, Woodcock, Plover, &c. — Disgusting habit of Cooking without draw- 

 ing; Audubon's Remarks on this head — To Cook Rail and Reed-birds; 

 other kinds of Game — Hawker's Picceipt for a "Good Mess" — Cooking 

 Wild Ducks; Canvass-backs, &c. — Other Remarks on Cookery — Celei-y 

 Sauce — Sauce, or Gravy Thickening — White Thickening — Brown Thicken- 

 ing — Potatoes a le Maitre d'Hotel — Venison Soup — Sportsman Beef — An 

 excellent Stew of Rabbits or Hare — Stew of Squirrels .... 433 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Hints on Taxidermy — The art of Obtaining and Preserving the Skins of Birds 

 — Importance to Sportsmen — The Modus Operandi — Most important ob- 

 ject to be attained — How to kill the Bird — If the Wounds should bleed, 

 how the Bird should be handled — Process of Skinning a Bird — Mrs. Lee's 

 Taxidermy — How the Skins are to be treated — Warm Weather — Arsenical 

 Soaps — Solution of Corrosive Sublimate — The object of our Remarks on 

 Taxidermy — Captain Brown's work on Taxidermy — Preserving Egg-shells 

 — The proper method to "blow an Egg-shell" — How to preserve Egg- 

 shells — To preserve Winged Birds from fatal Hemorrhage — Plan to secure 

 the Bloodvessels — To Pinion or Amputate a Wing; how to be accom- 

 plished ............. 456 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



General Hygienic Remarks — Atmospheric Vicissitudes ; how to be guarded 

 against — Proper Clothing — Chacun a son Gout — An ounce of Precaution 

 — If wet — Catarrhal or Rheumatic Affections — Nodding before the Fire — 

 Overheated — Draughts of Air — Perspiratory Functions — If Hot or Thirsty 

 — State of the Atmosphere — Difference between Mountain and Low Lands 

 — Malarious Districts — Morning Mists — Heat of the Day — Chilly Weather 

 — Fumigation — Cold Weather — Exercise recommended — Diet and Drink — 

 Quaff lightly — Headache and Malaise — Exclusive use of Water — Fondness 

 for other Fluids — Effects of Habit — Poisonous Liquors — Avoid drinking 

 trash — Sleep — Theory of Sleep — Its action on the Economy — A fair quan- 

 tum — Excess of Sleep — Some require more than others — Napoleon and 



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