. Punch . THE THE POLITICAL TINKER. An—y Old Laws to Mend? or New—Ones—to Repeal? PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 251 HIGHLAND MEN AND HIGHLAND MUTTON. The Times having issued its commission for an inquiry into the Condition of the Poor in the Highlands of Scotland, certain factshave been adduced that show how very inferior men may be to sheep,when valued by a ducal land-owner. A peasantry is a small matter ;not so Highland mutton. Old Shylock, a subtle appraiser of allworldly goods, says— A pound of mans flesh taken from a man,Is not so estimable, profitable neither,Asfiesh of mutton
. Punch . THE THE POLITICAL TINKER. An—y Old Laws to Mend? or New—Ones—to Repeal? PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 251 HIGHLAND MEN AND HIGHLAND MUTTON. The Times having issued its commission for an inquiry into the Condition of the Poor in the Highlands of Scotland, certain factshave been adduced that show how very inferior men may be to sheep,when valued by a ducal land-owner. A peasantry is a small matter ;not so Highland mutton. Old Shylock, a subtle appraiser of allworldly goods, says— A pound of mans flesh taken from a man,Is not so estimable, profitable neither,Asfiesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. We have no Jews in Parliament; and the Bishop of London has a vow in heaven that we never shall have: nevertheless, theremay be a Christian Duke with the calculation of a Shylock in theHouse of Lords ; a Duke, who, in the matter of men and sheep, feelsand acts upon the principle that Highland peasants Are not so estimable, profitable neither,As flesh of muttons, fed on Highland pasture. Henc
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