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INNS AND O:{)!OKlEBiYOP:;:1?HECATALONIAN5. '5Sin)ilan:îJ!'lJ'ai:~e cannot /be bestowed on: tneir:cuisine, in whichit weremucn: to, be ,. wished t'hat t'heywould take :'afew, lessons ,from: t'heirnêighbàurs on theotherside: the. Pyrenees.'Every dish hereis thevery essence ofsaifron and garbc: thepoortraveller, notyethaibituateclto these!delicate iin:gradients (for useconquers any thing), is:temptedta> exdlaim,:with· Haracê,against.tliiê latter,.+ri-nSi ,qui$,.~' '&cb>>Ifany Ollehas, comrnitted the ctimeofparricide,. lethim eatgarlic,.&c. Ho,wqv;ouldthe poet have stormed had saifron beenaddedto his mess!This otheri:ngredientis evenstillmoreheterodoxin the modern sehool of the oncesacredandœoy.al arbandduty of cookery; but when the Pyrenees areIla,sedi, lS ,lime torpndunce aH dçlicate feelings on this subject~Tihcp stralllgerhas no; optionsavehetweeniacquiescence and abstinence,for llobriberY'fanavert,the introductioll.!ofthese fatal iDgredi'entsintothe heterog.eneous mass of ranksalt:fish,amif'rice, ot.,sweets. aDdDils~'IfIle look forcomfOl!t to: a glass0f wineunder 'his affliction, a headymawkish producti:on (it can hardly becalled a fiuid), fresh froth theprescs, ispresented tohim, merely to disappoint hishopes. and Iip~;,Fruits in SUlllmer and autumfl abQund in variety andperfèction, pre·$enting a temptlIDtion 'tOi excess, whichmustbe resisted. Sucb isthéllatu,re.ofthefirstJilnpnessionwhichis madtMm the traiVeller:when!hê basero§sedthe mountains OH the Meditenranean side.ofthePenimmla; an~he 1vil1,;as;ll:e.Iàcefor.ward: isJtoapp,ear" :findd~ttle,vaûation Jonfthe ronte,as far ai ~as!t asBARcELDNA.-It i8 harcH;ynecessary to observéthat !the orrgin' and'language ofthispeopleiarenbt Spanish; theyare,LimousiiÊ}; ;,alld iOTegardfO the last':mentioned pavticular, th~ tria\\eUeJJ must, he