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I never tried it, but it is well worth trying, especially on the 
sea-shore, where, in Bay Snipe, or Fowl-shooting, one is apt at 
times to fare hungrily enough. 
The little American Hare, vulgo Rabbit, would doubtless be 
delicious, either in this way, or stewed with rice and pork, as 
recommended for the fowl. 
At all events, nothing can be conceived better than a pie— 
not that abomination called a pot-pie—but a regularly baked 
pie, in a deep, earthen dish; if this cannot be had, a tin pan 
will serve the purpose—either of the Hare, nicely skinned and 
dissected, with some pieces of fat salt pork, a few hard eggs, a 
red pepper-pod or two, and mushrooms, if possible—I am sup 
posing that you cannot obtain a rump-steak, for if you can, 
it should take the place of the pork—the mushrooms should be 
fried before being put into the dish—it should be well seasoned, 
and baked very slow. Either at home or abroad, it is an unde¬ 
niable plat, and, after a hard day’s shooting, it will act as a re¬ 
storative worth all the ambergris and essences of all the cooks 
from the days of Lucullus to Ude. 
It is well on a trip of the kind we are supposing, to be pro¬ 
vided with a few gentle medicines, in case of accidental illness. 
For this purpose, nothing is better than to carry along with you 
a bottle of Henry’s calcined magnesia. Two table-spoonsful of 
this dissolved in water, and immediately succeeded by a tumbler 
of hot lemonade, will produce its effects very rapidly and suffi¬ 
ciently, though mildly. 
For a cold, or after a very severe fag in snow or cold water, a 
hot foot-bath, with a handful of mustard, will produce a pleasant 
and salutary effect. 
It is well also to know that a vapor-bath can be had any¬ 
where, at five minutes notice— thus: under a cane-bottom chair 
place a large basin full of half water, half vinegar; sit down on 
the chair, in complete dishabille, draw a couple of blankets 
close about your throat, letting them fall down over you like a 
tent, their extremities lying on the floor; then have a handful 
of halfpence, or any other pieces of metal, which have previously 
