Musk-melons are always served as a _hors-d'oeuvre_, but must be eaten
immediately after soup, or the first thing of all if no soup is served.
It is a great mistake to serve melons as a dessert.
Water-melons, though eaten abundantly, are considered very unwholesome
by the great majority of doctors, chemists, and physiologists.
Musk-melons are served in slices with sugar, or with salt and pepper,
according to taste.