Let it be prepared as for roasting; fasten buttered paper on its
tail and ears to prevent their being scorched; and send with it a
little butter, tied up in a bit of cloth, to baste its back with,
occasionally, which the baker must be requested to do.
_Broiling._
For this operation let the fire be _brisk_ and _clear_. The bars of the
gridiron must be bright at top and clean betwixt; wipe the gridiron
quite clean with a cloth, make its bars hot, and rub them with nice
mutton suet, before you lay on the meat. Set the gridiron slanting
over the fire, to prevent the fat dropping into it so as to occasion
a smoke, which must be prevented. We shall give as an example in this
branch of cookery,