Show A eater in a book on gastronomy appears this anecdote of the gastronomic prowess 0 n swiss guard in the employment of the marechal Marc chal de villars one day tuo guard was sent tor by the marechal who had heard 0 bis enor i appetite how many sirloins sir loins 0 beet can you cau he tentatively asked ah monseigneur for me I 1 dont require many five or six at the most and how many legs of mutton legs of mutton not many seven or eight and fat pullets oh as to pullets only a few a dozen and of pigeons As to pigeons monseigneur not many forty perhaps fifty and larks always |