hovies and gravy, and do it as above, either with or
without salt and ketchup, as may be most approved. Many persons prefer
the flavour of the lobster and salt only.

LOBSTER SOUP. Take the meat from the claws, bodies, and tails, of six
small lobsters. Remove the brown fur, and the bag in the head; beat the
fins in a mortar, the chine, and the small claws. Boil it very gently in
two quarts of water, with the crumb of a French roll, some white pepper,
salt, two anchovies, a large onion, sweet herbs, and a bit of lemon
peel, till all the goodness is extracted, and then strain it off. Beat
the spawn in a mortar with a bit of butter, a quarter of a nutmeg, and a
tea-spoonful of flour, and then mix it with a quart of cream. Cut the
tails into pieces, and give them a boil up with the cream and soup.
Serve with forcemeat balls made of the remainder of the lobster, mace,
pepper, salt, a few crumbs, and an egg or two. Let the balls be made up
with a little flour, and heated in the soup.

LODGINGS. The tenure on which the generality of houses are held, does
not warrant a tenant to let, or a lodger to take apartments by the year.
To do this, the tenant ought himself to be the proprietor of the
premises, or to hold possession by lease for an unexpired term of
several years, which would invest him with the right of a landlord to
give or receive half a year's notice, or proceed as in other cases of
landlord and tenant. Unfurnished lodgings are generally let by the week,
month, or quarter; and if ever they be let by the year, it is a
deviation from a general custom, and attended with inconvenience. If a
lodger should contend that he agreed for a whole year, he must produce
some evidence of the fact; such as a written agreement, or the annual
payment of rent; otherwise he must submit to the general usage of being
denominated a quarterly lodger. In the case of weekly tenants, the rent
must be paid weekly; for if once allowed to go to a quarter, and the
landlord accept it as a quarter's rent, he breaks the agreement; the
inmate then becomes a quarterly lodger, and must receive a quarter's
notice to quit. More care however is still required in letting lodgings
that are ready furnished, as the law does not regard them in the same
light as other tenements. Such apartments are generally let by the week,
on payment of a certain sum, part of which is for the room, and part for
the use of the furniture which is attended with some difficulty