283.) The following entry I take from the Expense-Book of the Duke of Ormond, under date of August 23, 1711:-- His Grace came to Kilkenny, half an hour after 10 at night.
HIS GRACE'S TABLE.
Pottage.

Sautee Veal.
5 Pullets, Bacon and Collyflowers.
Pottage Meagre.
Pikes with White Sauce.
A Turbot with Lobster Sauce.
Umbles.
A Hare Hasht.
Buttered Chickens, G.
Hasht Veal and New Laid Eggs.
Removes.
A Shoulder and Neck of Mutton.
Haunch of Venison.
_Second Course._ Lobsters.
Tarts, an Oval Dish.
Crabbs Buttered.
4 Pheasants, 4 Partridges, 4 Turkeys.
Ragoo Mushrooms.
Kidney Beans.

Ragoo Oysters.
Fritters.
Two Sallets.
NOTE M.
LETTER FROM MR.

O'LEARY.
(Vol.ii.p.

291.) In the first edition of this book I credited Mr.O'Leary with making this pungent remark about figs and grapes, because I found it jotted down in my original memoranda as coming from him.