of the night is most refreshing, and nothing more
effectually undermines and ruins the constitution than night watching.
How quickly the want of rest in due season will destroy the most
blooming complexion, or best state of health, may be seen in the ghastly
countenances of those who turn the day into night, and the night into
day.

SLICED CUCUMBERS. Cut some cucumbers into thick slices, drain them in a
cullender, and add some sliced onions. Use some strong vinegar, and
pickle them in the same manner as gherkins and French beans.

SLICES OF BEEF. To prepare red beef for slices, cut off a piece of thin
flank, and remove the skin. Rub the beef well with a mixture made of two
pounds of common salt, two ounces of bay salt, two ounces of saltpetre,
and half a pound of moist sugar, pounded together in a marble mortar.
Put it into an earthen pan, and turn and rub it daily for a week. Then
take it out of the brine and wipe it, strew over it pounded mace,
cloves, pepper, a little allspice, plenty of chopped parsley, and a few
shalots. Roll it up, bind it round with tape, boil it quite tender, and
press it. When cold cut it into slices, and garnish it with pickled
barberries, fresh parsley, or any other approved article.

SLICES OF COD. To boil slices of codfish, put plenty of salt into some
spring water. Boil it up quick, and then put in the fish. Keep it
boiling, and skim it very clean. It will be done sufficiently in eight
or ten minutes. Some small pieces may be fried and served round it.
Oyster, shrimp, or anchovy sauce, should be served with it.

SLICES OF HAM. Bacon or ham may be fried, broiled on a gridiron over a
clear fire, or toasted with a fork. The slices should be of the same
thickness in every part. To have it curled, the slices should be cut
about two inches long, then rolled up, and a little wooden skewer passed
through them. Put them into a cheese toaster or Dutch oven, for eight or
ten minutes, turning the slices as they crisp. This is considered the
handsomest way of dressing rashers of bacon, but it is best uncurled,
because it is crisper, and more equally done. Slices of ham or bacon
should not be more than half a quarter of an inch thick, and will eat
much more mellow if soaked in hot water for a quarter of an hour, and
then dried in a cloth, before they are toasted.

SLICES OF SALMON. When washed, wipe the salmon quite dry. Rub the slices
over with a soft brush dipped in sweet oil, season wit