402 COFFEE. 



partly open door, leading to the rear of the building, I caught 

 a glimpse of a steam-engine driving a number of sausage-meat 

 choppers. I asked to inspect them, but was not allowed, from 

 which I infeiTed that they were working up some of the an-' 

 cient animals which my cicerone at the abattoir had remarked 

 " did well enough for sausages." I bought a steak, paying there- 

 for about fifteen cents per poimd, and taking it home had it pre- 

 pared as one of the entrees for that night's dinner. It was a lit- 

 tle tough, but very good flavored meat, hardly to be distinguished 

 either in looks or taste from an ordinary beefsteak. I do not, 

 however, go into ecstacies over horse-meat as do some enthusiastic 

 Frenchmen here. There can be no doubt that there are, es- 

 pecially in and near all large cities, many horses disabled for work 

 that could be utilized as food, and that a considerable supply of 

 good and cheap meat could thus -be provided. To most people in 

 this country, however, the idea of eating horse-flesh is repugnant, 

 and it will doubtless be some time before American or English 

 people adopt this practice to any extent. ; My observations in Paris 

 led me to believe that horse-meat is mostly consumed by the 

 poorer classes, and that the principal incentive is not its superior 

 nourishing properties, as some enthusiasts have claimed for it, 

 but its lower price. Our German sausage manufacturers have 

 occasionally been accused of utilizing stray canines to increase 

 their stock of " luscious bolognas," and here they have a material 

 at hand which, both in quantity and quahty, is preferable. I 

 charge nothing for the suggestion. 



BORDEAUX WINES — A DESOErPTION OF THE llilDOC DISTRICT — OFFI- 

 CIAL CLASSIFICATION OF CELEBRATED VINETAEDS — ^A VISIT TO 

 CHATBAF LAFITE, ETC. 



The district where most of the wines which are exported from 

 Bordeaux are grown is not a very extensive one, and is situated in 

 the " D^partement " of the Gironde, in the southwest of France, 

 principally withia a circle of thirty or forty miles from the 

 city. The city of Bordeaux is situated on the river Garonne, 

 which combines with the Dordogne to form the river Gironde, 

 some few miles below the city. The principal district for the 



