have been at the two universities, and
at two colleges in each university?"--"Well, sir," said the farmer,
"what of that? I had a calf that sucked two cows, and the observation I
made was, the more he sucked, the greater _calf_ he grew."[270]

RATHER TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.--VEAL _ad nauseam_.

At the table of Lord Polkemmet, when the covers were removed, the
dinner was seen to consist of veal broth, a roast fillet of veal, veal
cutlets, a florentine (an excellent Scotch dish, composed of veal), a
calf's head, calf's foot jelly. The worthy judge observing an expression
of surprise among his guests, who, even in Shetland in early spring
would have had the veal varied with fish, broke out in explanation, "Ou,
ay, it's a cauf! when we kill a beast, we just eat up one side, and down
the tither."

* * * * *

Boswell, the friend and biographer of Johnson, when a young man, went to
the pit of Covent Garden Theatre, in company with Dr Blair, and in a
frolic imitated the lowing of a cow; and the universal cry in the
gallery was, "Encore the cow! encore the cow!" This was complied with,
and in the pride of success, Boswell attempted to imitate some other
animals, but with less success. Dr Blair, anxious for the fame of his
friend, addressed him thus, "My dear sir, I would confine myself to _the
cow_."[271]

ADAM CLARKE AND HIS BULLOCK PAT.

The Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D., after one of his evangelical visits to
Ireland, returned to his home at Millbrook. In writing to his sons he
says--"Not only your mother, sisters, and brother, were glad to see me,
but also my poor animals in the field, for I lost no time in going to
visit them. I found the donkey lame, and her son looking much like a
philosopher; it was strange that even the _bullock_, whom we call _Pat_,
came to me in the field, and held out his most honest face for me to
stroke it. The next time I went to him he came running up, and actually
placed his two fore-feet upon my shoulders, with all the affection of a
spaniel; but it was a load of kindness I could ill bear, for the animal
is nearly three years old; I soon got his feet displaced; strange and
uncouth as this manifestation of affectionate gratitude was, yet with it
the master and his _steer Pat_ were equally well pleased; so here is a
literal comment on 'The ox knoweth his owner;' and you see I am in
league with even the beasts of the field."[272]

SAMUEL FOOTE AND THE COWS