POTTED VENISON._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Sir Kenelm Digby, in a fanciful discourse on “Sympathy,” affirms, that

the venison which is in July and August put into earthern pots, to last

the whole year, is very difficult to be preserved during the space of

those particular months which are called the fence-months; but that,

when that period is passed, nothing is so easy as to keep it _gustful_

(as he words it) during the whole year after. This he endeavours to find

a cause for from the “sympathy” between the potted meat, and its friends

and relations, courting and capering about in its native park.

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The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 1176 / 1847 题