ound of fresh butter, and put to it a pint of
fish broth, and a pint and a half of white wine; pour this over your
fish; if it does not cover it, add some more wine and broth; put in a
bundle of sweet herbs, and an onion, a little mace, two or three cloves,
and some whole pepper tied up in a piece of muslin: cover it close, and
let it stew gently over a slow fire. Before it is quite done, take out
your onion, herbs, and spice; then put in some mushrooms, truffles, and
morels, cut in pieces; let them stew all together, till the salmon is
enough; take it up carefully, take off all the scum, and pour your sauce
over. Garnish with horseradish, barberries, and lemon. Either of these
is a fine dish for a first course.

SALMON PIE. Make puff paste, and lay over your dish; clean and scale a
middling piece of salmon; cut it into three or four pieces, according to
the size of your dish, and season it pretty high with mace, cloves,
pepper, and salt; put some butter at the bottom, and lay in the salmon;
take the meat of a lobster cut small, and bruise the body with an
anchovy; melt as much butter as you think proper, stir the lobster into
it, with a glass of white wine, and a little nutmeg; pour this over the
salmon, lay on the top crust, and let it be well baked.

SALOOP. Boil together a little water, wine, lemon peel, and sugar. Mix
in a small quantity of saloop powder, previously rubbed smooth with a
little cold water. Stir it all together, and boil it a few minutes.

SALT. The properties of common salt are such as to render it an article
of the greatest importance in the preparation of food, and in the
preservation of health. If salt be withheld for any length of time,
diseases of the stomach become general, and worms are gendered in the
bowels, which are removed with great difficulty. In Ireland, salt is a
well-known common remedy for bots in the horse; and among the poor
people, a dose of common salt is esteemed a sufficient cure for the
worms. It is supposed by some medical men, that salt furnishes soda to
be mixed with the bile: without this necessary addition, the bile would
be deprived of the qualities necessary to assist in the operation of
digestion. One of the greatest grievances of which the poor man can
complain is the want of salt. Many of the insurrections and commotions
among the Hindoos, have been occasioned by the cruel and unjust
monopolies of certain unworthy servants of the East India Company, who
to