314 Epigram on the Death of my Grandmother's Cat. prefcribed for its cure. At first, when it is only a fimple ozena, or ulcer of the internal membrane that lines the nofe, it is not difficult to cure, but when it has continued for fome time, and is arrived at a great degree of malignancy, it is both dangerous and contagious. In fact, all horfes that are faid to die of the glanders, are victims to a pulmonary confumption, the lungs of all fuch being found uifeafed or deftroyed. This disease is known by a flux or running of corrupt matter from the nostrils, which is of different colours, according as the difeafe is more or lefs inveterate, white, yellow, green, and fometimes almott black, and very foetid, in which cafe it may be concluded that the bones are become foul. This diforder is likewife always attended with a fuelling, or enlargement of the glands under the horfes jaws. In the early stages of the disease, the following remedy may be used; Take a bundle of green afh twigs, which are about an inch diameter, and burn them to a coal on a hearth, or other convenient place, after which quench them in a proper quantity of ftrong beer to form a ftrong ley with; when made, ftrain off, and having the horfe's head raised properly, pour three or four fpoonfuls down each noftril, with a drenching horn twice a day, til he is well. In the fecond stage, where the lungs are affected, this remedy cannot effect a cure; but the following has been known to fucceed when that has been the cafe, and in many inftances: Mix powder of myrth, ginger, and fulphur, together in a warm math of bran. Which place in a little tub under the horfe's nofe, without fuffering him to eat it, and cover his head over with a rug or blanket, fo that all the air he breaths may be strongly impregnated with the above ingredients; and when the math is grown cool enough, put it into a horfe hair, or other clofe bag, ike thofe which the hackney coachmen ufe for feeing their horfes with while at their ftands, then draw the bag over the horfe's nofe, and fatten it to his head. By the time this is got cold, have a fresh one really to apply in the fame manner, and repeat the procefs fix or eight times the first day. This will bring great quantities of mucus or flime away from his nofe, and greatly relieve him Let the application be renewed once in two or three days, and it will generally prove fuccefsful. If the glands under the jaws are greatly fwelled, a little mercurial ointment fhould be rubbed into them once a day, which will contribute to foften and diffolve them. When a horfe is infected with this diforder he should be feparated from all the reft that are found, other wife they will run the risk of catching the complaint, which is much better to be avoided. To the EDITORS of the SPORTING Gentlemen, you I Am an old Friend, and have of ten troubled before with my poetical productions, under feveral and various fignatures. I am a queer dog, and most perfectly and entirely come under the denomination of a quiz, but that I do not mind. I would have you to know, in fhort, that I am a little bit of a poet, a great fox-hunter, cock. fighter, bear-baiter, row-frequenter, &c. &c. with many other little accomplishments of this nature, which in this age conftitute adnowing-ane. i per Epigram. Origin of Scotch Dancing. I perhaps may, by this defcription have excited your curiofity to know who I am; therefore, I inform you, that I may always be seen at Newmarket in the meetings, at other times in Leicestershire, St. James's-itree, Pall-mall, the front boxes of Covent-Garden Iheatre, and the cock-pit Royal. As to my perfon, I am a little, fquab, fhort middle aged man; wear a fquarecut brown frock, with a little brown bob wig, (very knowing I can affure you,) therefore I pafs for a crop. If you think proper to infert the following fmall fpeciman of my poetical genius, I fhall feel obliged to you, and will certainly continue from time to time, to trouble you. 1 cannot clofe this epiftle without thanking you publicly, as an incividual, for your last month's entertaining number. Believe me, Gentlemen, With the greatest refpect, Your firm and faithful friend, TIMOTHY ARCH. On the 10th of March. St. James's Coffee-house. 315 "Snorro Sturlefon, an enlightened Icelandic hiftorian of the ith century, fays, that the Celto Cy thians (the undoubted forefathers. of the Scotch Highlanders) excelled in lively dancing, and that while young, they accustomed their children to practice in company of the young goats or kids, by imitating of which they acquired their most favourite ftep-Now, I have no doubt but the step thus defcribed by Snorro Sturlefon is the fame with that termed in the northern parts of Scotland, the Highland fling; for when a miffionary in thofe parts, I compared the Highland steps I had learned of Davy Niven at the Scotch capital, with thofe of the wild Highlanders and their kids, and found them to be exactly from one origin-but they excelled me in the fpring and agility of their ftep, as inuch as I did them in other branches of knowledge." T. W. To the EDITORS of the SPORTING MAGAZINE. Gentlemen, B attentive EING one of your ea liest sub Epigram on the Death of my Grand- ly perufed the whole of your pleaf mother's Cat. BENEATH the covering of this little stone, Lies the poor fhrunk, yet dear remains of one, Belov'd when living, only think of that, 'Twas not a Chrifti..n, but a poor TOM CAT. ORIGIN of SCOTCH DANCING, JOHN OHN Macgregor Lane Buchanan, a quondam minister of the church of Scotland, who has taken ing undertaking, it confequently has afforded me no inconfiderable degree of fatisfaction. Epicureau Sporting, among other fubjects, I perceive you have confidered as relative to your plan, and from the many fingular performances in that way there recorded, I am inclined to believe that the follo ing article, (which has juft fallen under my obfervation) is eqaally entitled to a place : A German profeffor, of Wirtemthe field in defence of the High-burgh, has published an attefted aclanders, against Pinkerton, thus relates in his late publication on that fubject count of a gardner, lately deceafed, of the name of Jacob Kahlens, « ho not only confumed an immoderate quantity quantity of all kinds of food, but feveral other fubftances fuch as walnut shells. When at gentlemen's houfes, he would frequently eat patry, with the veffels that contained it, and would at other times fwallow the glaffes out of which he had drank. His teeth were fo ftrong and fharp, that he could fplit the thickelt deals with the greateft facility, and would often perform that fervice for the maids of the house. Rats, mice, inoles, and live fowls, he looked upon as the most exquifite dainties. And at one time, unthinkingly, he is faid to have fwallowed a peruter inkstand, with the pens, fand, &c. This was ve rified upon the oath of an eye witnefs. At another time, he devoured a pair of bagpipes in the prefence of feveral people, and turning upon the piper, the man was fo terrified that he jumped out of the window. Thefe, and exploits of a fimilar caft, gave the common people an idea that he was affifted by an evil fpirit, in confequence of which the clergy of the place examined a number of witneffes, but, as no crimination followed, he died peaceably in the 79th year of his age. This fingular man being a foreigner, and, from the distance of the country in which he lived, your readers may, perhaps. be inclined to queftion the authenticity of his wonderful performances; they may however, in fome degree remove their doubts, by calling to recollection the exploits of a cha racter nearly fimilar, (poffeffing the fame happy talent,) a Mr. ******, who a fhort time, back, refided in the metropolis, and was well known for his wonderful atchievements in that way;-being present at a venifon feat, at Bridewell Hofpital, during the first courfe, he found room for two pletes of mock turtle, fome falmon trout, venifon, ham, and chicken. In the fecond course, fo me goofe and green peafe, lobfter cold, marrow pudding, codling tart creamed, pra ns, one fmall cutlard. And of the defert, he devoured fome blamange, two jellies, one plate of rafberries thoroughly foaked in wine, two flices of a melon, and fome cheese. Leaving the quantity entirely out of the question, what muft he said, when we reflect on the horrid mafe the confolidation of fuch a number of heterogenous articles must have formed in this glutiou's paunch, efpecially when we take into confideration their auxiliaries, fuch as lobiter fauce, currant jelly, melted butter, oil and vinegar, mustard, fugar, and Small beer!-And yet, when the waiters came to clear the table at which he had dined, he angrily told them "they were in a confounded hurry," and fwore "he would knock fome of them down if they did not get him fome ice cream; adding withall," it is d-d hard a body can't dine at these here places in comfort!" After what has been faid, the truth of which I can atteft, we cannot hesitate a moment in giving credit to the exploits of the Germon Epicurean, efpecially when it is confidered that gormandizing is one of thofe qualfiications in which many worthy citizens of London not only excel, but can, with much propriety, challenge Europe for a competitor! By inferting the above, you will oblige a fincere well wisher, Extract from Vaillant's Travels into Africa. APE SHOOTING. (From Vaillant's Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa.) 66 Ν IN every part of this foreft," fays the author, ((peaking of the foreft which borders on the Klein Vis river,) "I found a fpecies of apes with black vifages: but I could never catch any of them. Leaping from one tree to another, as if bidding me defiance, they in turns appeared and difappeared in an inftant; whilst I fatigued myself to no purpofe in purfuing them. One morning, however, after ranging for fome time in the neighbourhood of my camp, 1 observed about thirty of them, feated on the branches of a tree, and expofing their white bellies to the first rays of the fun. As the tree which they had chofen was fo much feparated from the reft, that their fhadow did not incommode them, I made a circuit through the bushes and, having approached as near to them as I could without being difcovered, I ran up to the tree before they had time to defcend. I was certain that none of them had ef caped; but, notwithstanding this, I could not perceive one of them, though I caft my eyes round on every fide, and walked backwards' and forwards, examining the tree with the utmost attention. I refolved therefore to fit down at fome diftance from the root of it, and to watch until I could obfervefome motion; and, after a confiderable fpace of time, I was amply repaid for my patience at length faw a head ftretched out apparently with aview of discovering what was become of me; upon which taking aim, I difcharged my piece, and the animal inftantly fell. I expected that the noife of the report would have frightened the reft of the troop: but this was not the cafe and though I kept my poft for half VOL. VII. No. XLII. J 317 an hour longer, not one of them ftirred or appeared. Tired of this fatiguing employment, I fired feveral times into the tree at random, and had the pleasure of feeing two more fall; while a third, which was only wounded, fufpended itfelf by its tail from a fmall branch: another difcharge brought this one down alfo; and, being fatisfied with my fpoil, I collected my four apes, and fet out to return to my camp. When I had got to a certain distance from the tree, I saw the whole troop, which, imagining that I was now too far from them to do any execution, defcended with precipitation, and haftened towards the thickest part of the woods,fending forth loud cries. By fome ftragglers, which with difficulty followed the reft, halting either on one of the hind or fore feet, I concluded that feveral of them had been wounded by my fhot; but in this precipitate flight I did not obferve, as fome travellers have faid, that thofe unhurt affifted the lame ones, by taking them up on their fhoulders, in order that their common retreat might not be retarded and I am of opinion, that, in this refpect, when attacked, they are like the Hottentots, whofe attention is too much engaged with their own fafety to think of that of others. "When I returned to my tent, I began to examine my capture. This fpecies of ape is of a middle fize; its hair, which is pretty long, has generally a greenish tint; its belly, as I have already remarked," is white, and its face is altogether black. Its rump is callous and/ this part, which is entirely deftitute of hair, as well as the organs of ge neration in the male, is of a fine blue colour. At the time when I was examining thefe animals, my man, Kees, entered my tent, and I imagined that he was about to give Rr vent 318 Anecdote.On a Tax upon Dogs. vent to loud cries, when he perceived them, though they were of a different species from him: but it appeared that he was not fo much afraid of them when dead as when alive: he considered them one after the other, and turned them over feveral times in all directions, to examine them in the fame manner as he had feen me. He was not, I believe, the first monkey who wished to fet up for a naturalift; but he was ftrongly impelled by a fecret motive much less generous than that of acquiring knowledge. By feeling the cheeks of the deceased, he had discovered fome treasures; for I foon faw him venture to open their mouths, plunder their pouches of the almonds they had plucked from the tree called geel-hout, and confign them to his own." DR ANECDOTE. R. Goldfmith gives this advice, "If you be a rich man, you may enter the room with three loud hems, march deliberately up to the chimney, and turn your back to the fire. If you be a poor man, I would advise you to fhrink into the room as fast as you can, and place yourself, as ufual, upon the edge of a chair in a remote corner." A certain nobleman, high in office, had once a number of his friends, moftly people of rank, to dine with him; and great elegance and hofpitality were difplayed upon the occafion Amongst the company, there happened to be a reverend divine, of worthy character and great learning, but, alas! he was only a curate at 30l. per an * Naturalifts remark that apes have, between their cheeks and the inferior jaw. bones, a kind of bags or pouches, which ferve them as magazines, in which they occafionally preferve fuch fruits, as they have not time, or are not difpofed to eat, till they are hungry. num! He happened, amidst all the profufion of a well-fpread table to be in want of one of the first neceffaries of life, and, not chufing to call aloud, (which he feared might be infringing on the privilege of his rich neighbours) he inclined a little back in his chair, and in a half-whisper addressed a footman in a laced livery, "I wish I had a little bread."- "I wish you had, fir,” returned the other with a haughty air, and buftled about from one great lord to another, without Vouchfafing any further notice. The poor curate, being a man of extreme modefty, made no more applications. A gentleman of fome bumour, who fat next the clergyman, and had obferved the tranfaction, either through compaffion, or for the entertainment of the company, made the affair public.-The mafter of the house, roused with proper indignation, ordered the fellow to be called; and, after a fevere reprimand for his infolent behaviour, told him to go immediately and feek his own bread elsewhere. Then turning to the abashed curate, he faid, "Sir, I am ashamed of what has paffed but in order to make amends for the ill treatment you have experienced at my table, it fhall be my endeavour to provide you better bread." He kept his word, and, in a very short time, prefented the clergyman with a comfortable living. |