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The Flesh of Different Animals.

A French savant having been called upon to give his views regarding the eating of horseflesh, says: “It is like third rate beef; it cannot be said to have a disagreeable taste, for it has no taste at all. Donkey, on the other hand, is delicious, and infinitely better eating than beef or mutton. This the French soon discovered during the siege of Paris, for a ‘portion’ of donkey cost about six times as much as a ‘portion’ of horse. Cats taste exactly like rabbits; it is impossible to distinguish between them. The objection to rats is that when cooked their flesh is gritty. This objection, however, is somewhat epicurean, for except for this grittiness they are a wholesome and excellent article of food. I am surprised that there is no society for the promotion of eating rats. Why should not felons be fed with these nourishing little animals.

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