. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XXIX. THE ART OP COOKING GAME. God sends meat:—who sends cooks? Nequaquam satis in re una consumere curam:Ut si quis solum hoc, mala ne sint vina, laboret,Quali perfundat pisces securus olivo. 0 not imagine, brother sportsman, that weare going to dive into all the mysteries andcomplicated paraphernalia of a cookery-book, or, as a scientific gourmand, that weare about to extol alone the pleasures, thedelights, and the joys, of a well-spreadtable. In ext
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XXIX. THE ART OP COOKING GAME. God sends meat:—who sends cooks? Nequaquam satis in re una consumere curam:Ut si quis solum hoc, mala ne sint vina, laboret,Quali perfundat pisces securus olivo. 0 not imagine, brother sportsman, that weare going to dive into all the mysteries andcomplicated paraphernalia of a cookery-book, or, as a scientific gourmand, that weare about to extol alone the pleasures, thedelights, and the joys, of a well-spreadtable. In extenuation, or rather in sup-port, of our trifling efforts to promote thehappiness of our sporting friends when as-sembled around the convivial board with appetites made vigorous bythe manly labors of the field, we beg to call their attention for a mo-ment to the sage remarks of the philosophic Rumford when speaking on this subject:— The enjoyments which fall to the lot of the bulk458. THE ART OF COOKING GAME. 459 of mankind are not so numerous as to render an attempt to increasethem superfluous. And even in regard to those who have it intheir power to gratify their appetites to the utmost extent of theirwishes, it is surely rendering them a very important service toshow them how they may increase their pleasures without destroy-ing their health. Dr. Mayo, in his Philosophy of Living, alsoremarks that man, unlike animals, is in best humor when he isfeeding, and more disposed then than at other times to cultivatethose amicable relations by which the bonds of society arestrengthened. Who among our readers will not cheerfully acknowledge theforce of such sentiments, emanating, as they do, from men of study,reflection, and practical observation ? Who among them will notconcede, in the fulness of his heart, that a good dinner is one ofthe greatest enjoyments of human life? Who ever knew of aphilosopher refusing to participate in the festivities of a banquet ?And who ever
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