Sketches from Formosa.

PO-TSAI "AYE FINNIN' BITS o' THINGS "
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Another curious thing was that the goats he bought
never appeared to have more than two legs, or three at
the very most. It was at one such juncture he went
away some distance on an errand, and I had occasion to
go into our small kitchen, when a sight met my eyes
which gave promise of more food for reflection than for
the stomach. The floor had on it three deep soup-pots
in full blast, while the tiny table and two forms were
covered with dishes containing the head, trotters, outer
integument, and internal organs of my recently purchased
goat the whole ;
reminding me of that passage in
Leviticus where reference is made to " the fat of the
ram, that which covereth the inwards, the two kidneys,
and the caul above the liver, with the purtenances there-
of." On Precious-Treasure's return that night, I did
not say anything, but thought it as well he should be
allowed to enjoy his midnight gourmandizing in peace.