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recover from her astoiiisliment at this brazen act ; 

 and it need scarcely be remarked that the desired 

 effect was produced on the customers, who quickly 

 dispersed, with rather queer sensations about the 

 stomach ! 



Whether sausages and pork-pies are made oi horse- 

 tneat, it behoveth us not perhaps too diligently to in- 

 quire, and certainly it is no business of mine, who 

 have an unconquerable aversion to all such highly 

 seasoned compounds; but although we admit hounds 

 do eat horse-flesh, we are not quite satisfied that 

 others besides my feeder have not partaken of the 

 same meat finely minced and peppered. Knackers' 

 yards are cleared out in a veiy unaccountable 

 manner sometimes, and perhaps it may not be 

 quite safe for the patronisers of patties, sausages, 

 and gravy soup to speak too disrespectfully of 

 kennel beef. 



Seeing, therefore, that there is nothing very dis- 

 gusting in the food eaten by fox-hounds, I do not 

 conceive that any nobleman or gentleman would 

 lose castCy or compromise his dignity, or that his 

 olfactory nerves would be seriously offended, by 

 acting occasionally as Master of the Ceremonies, 

 in standing at the feeding house door, witnessing 

 his favourites dispatch their dinner ; and for such 

 an act it would be rather hard to be stigmatized 



