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Kangaroo, however, has been sold for 12f.
the lb.
Yesterday I dined with the correspondent of a London paper. He had managed to get a large piece of mufflon, an animal which is, I believe, only found in Corsica.
I can only describe it by saying that it tasted of mufflon, and nothing else.
Without being absolutely bad, I do not think that I shall take up my residence in Corsica, in order habitually to feed upon it. FOOTNOTE: [Footnote 1: A balloon letter, dated November 30, giving, it is presumed, an account of the military operations on that day, suffered so much _in transitu_, that it is illegible.].
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