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HINTS TO YOUNG FOOD-PRODUCERS.

_Jugged Hare._--A well-known firm of hare-raisers in Carmelite Street
informs us that young rabbits fed on sponge-cake soaked in port wine have a
flavour which renders them indistinguishable from hare.

_Celeriac._---This appetising vegetable has been little cultivated owing to
a general but erroneous belief that it was the name of a new kind of
motor-car. "Celeriac" is of course a compound of the word "celery" and the
Arabic suffix "ac," which means "bearing a resemblance to" or "a small
imitation of." Thus it would be correct for the writer to speak of the
salariac he earns by writing this sort of thing.

[_Note._--"Earns" would _not_ be correct.--ED.]

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NAVIGATION EXTRAORDINARY.

"Although the stern and screws of the vessel were well out of the water
she was able to make the port under her own steam."--_Daily Mail._

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"Portatoes in the usual forms have disappeared this week.--LORNA."--
_British Weekly._

These must be the Devonportatoes of which we have heard so much.