Part I. Discourse iv. § 4. p. 173.--"A cook told Dionysius the tyrant, the

black broth of Lacedæmon would not do well at Syracuse, unless it be

tasted by a Spartan's palate."--Cicero, _Tusc. D._ v. § 98. Stob. _Flor.

Tit._ 29. n. 100. Plut. _Inst. Lac._ 2. [these have been already referred

to in "NOTES AND QUERIES"]: and compare Plutarch (_Vit. Lycurgi_, c. 12.).