A WELSH RABBIT.

Colonel A---- baiting for the first time in his life at a Welsh inn,

thought he would order for his dinner, a dish which _must_ be perfection

in its own country: viz. a _Welsh rabbit_. The dinner hour arrived, and

the colonel lifting up the cover of the dish next him, exclaimed in

angry astonishment to the waiter, upon beholding a large, dry-looking,

fleshy animal before him. "What the d----l d'ye call _this_, a Welsh

rabbit?" "Why, noo, noo, Sir!" replied the man, perfectly cool, and

unconscious of the error, "Noo, it certainly an't exactly a _Welsh_

rabbit, but 'tis a _Monmouthshire_ one!"

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829 · 第 36 / 41 题