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lar appointed place, about two o'clock at 

 noon, with a few bottles of mild ale, bread, 

 and sufficient of the following meat, for 

 yourself and friend. It is thus prepared: 

 A Field Regale j'ake d fiut Touiid of bccf, four ounces of salt- 



for Sportsmen. •-' j j ^ j j 



petre, three-quarters of an ounce of all-spice ; 

 rub it well on the beef, and let it stand tiventy- 

 four hours; the?! rub in as much common salt 

 as will salt it. Lay it by twelve days, turnmg 

 it every day; then put it into a pan, such as 

 large pies are baked in, with three or four 

 pounds of beef-suet, some under, some over. 

 Cover it with a thick crust, and bake it for six 

 hours. It will keep for two months, — It is 

 called sportsmen's beef; and most excel- 

 lent it is. 



I shall now make you acquainted with 

 a few receipts, useful for every family to be 

 ' acquainted with; and begin with one which 

 J"/jhJs^^^^^J^ I never knew fail: I have given it to 

 many : it is a remedy for the scurvy. 1 will 

 inform j^ou how I first was acquainted with 

 its efficacy: About eighteen years ago I 



