THE 



WITH MENTION OF SOME OF THE 



SPECIAL DAINTIES OF VARIOUS PEOPLE DERIVED PROM 

 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



HY 



P. L. SIMMONDS, 



Author of" A Dictionary of Useful Animals" " The CommercUd 

 Products of the Sea," etc. 



" There's no want of meat, Sir ; 

 Portly and curious viands are prepared 

 To please all kinds of appetite." 



Massingbh. 



" A very fantastical banquet, 

 Just so many strange dishes." , 



Shakespeare. 



LONDON: 



E. & F. N. SPON, 125, S T E A N D. 



NEW YORK: 35, MURRAY STREET. 



1885. 



