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326 wonder, then, at the astonishment of Mecænas, when informed of the sumptuous manner in which Caesar was entertained by the Queen of Sheba ? Well may he repeat the query—

A favourite West Indian dish is a wild boar " barbecue'd," i.e. roasted whole, stuffed with spice, and basted with wine — generally Madeira ! Pope thus describes a glutton that had ruined himself by indulging in such expensive luxuries: —

The Camel is mentioned some half-dozen times. In Richard II., Act v., Scene 5; Troilus and Cressida, Act i., Scene 2.

Cervus elaphus. Dama vulgaris. Capreolus capræa.

Deer-hunting is repeatedly mentioned by Shakspeare, who, had he not been a thorough sportsman himself, could not have been better informed of the terms used in venery.

I have quoted the above in preference to innumerable other references, for the purpose of ascertaining the derivation of the word "bribed" as applied to the quartering of a buck. I have consulted some few works which are at hand, such as Osbaldislon's ' Sportsman's Dictionary,' Sullivan's ' Dictionary of Derivations,' &c, but can find no allusion to the word used in that sense. Perhaps the readers of ' The Zoologist' will kindly help me.

Occurs only once, and then as an adjective {Coriolanus, Act ii., Scene 1). The Bison, which was once very common in many parts of Europe, is now, according to Mr. A.R. Wallace, confined to limited areas in Poland and the Caucasus; whether it occurs south