rough the cullender; or add a little rice flour,
mixing it by degrees.--To make a ragout with the above, cut the nicest
part of the head, the kernels, and part of the fat from the root of the
tongue, into small thick pieces. Rub these with some of the above
seasoning, putting them into a quart of the liquor reserved for that
purpose before the vegetables were added; flour them well, and simmer
till they are nicely tender. Then add a little mushroom and walnut
ketchup, a little soy, a glass of port wine, and a tea-spoonful of made
mustard, and boil all up together. Serve with small eggs and forcemeat
balls. This furnishes an excellent soup and a ragout at a small expense.

HICCOUGH. A few small draughts of water in quick succession, or a
tea-spoonful of vinegar, will often afford immediate relief. Peppermint
water mixed with a few drops of vitriolic acid may be taken; and
sometimes sneezing, or the stench of an extinguished tallow candle, has
been found sufficient.

HIND QUARTER OF LAMB. Boil the leg in a floured cloth an hour and a
quarter; cut the loin into chops, fry them, lay them round the leg, with
a bit of parsley on each, and serve it up with spinach or brocoli.

HIND QUARTER OF PIG. To dress this joint lamb fashion, take off the
skin, roast it, and serve it up with mint sauce. A leg of lamb stuffed
like a leg of pork, and roasted, with drawn gravy, is very good. A loin
of mutton also, stuffed like a hare, and basted with milk. Put gravy in
the dish, served with currant jelly, or any other sauce.

HIVING OF BEES. When it is intended to introduce a swarm of bees into a
new hive, it must be thoroughly cleaned, and the inside rubbed with
virgin wax. A piece of nice honeycomb, made of very white wax, and about
nine inches long, should be hung on the cross bars near the top of the
hive, to form a kind of nest for the bees, and excite them to continue
their work. The new hive being thus prepared, is then to be placed under
an old one, before the bees begin to swarm, in such a manner as to be
quite close, and to leave the bees no passage except into the new hive.
As these insects generally work downwards, they will soon get into their
new habitation; and when it is occupied by one half of the swarm, some
holes must be made in the top of the old hive, and kept covered till the
proper time of making use of them. Preparation being thus made, take the
opportunity of a fine morning, about eight or nine o'clock, at