Note 2 — BOOK VI.
Rowland Smith translation
A bird, the brains and tongue of which were highly esteemed by Roman epicures. Rich men's slaves used to take lessons in carving this, and other choice dishes, practising upon wooden models.
"Sumine cum magno lepus, atque aper et pygargus, Et Scythicæ volucres, et phœnicopterus ingens, Et Gætulus oryx, hebeti lautissima ferro, Cæditur, et totâ sonat ulmea cœna Suburrâ." Juv. XI. 138.
Those who are curious in the matter of good eating among the ancients, may read with advantage the Feast of Trimalcio, in Petronius Arbiter, and the concluding chorus in the Ecclesiazusæ of Aristophanes.