FISH.Brill, carp, cod, eels, flounders, lobsters, mullet, oysters, plaice, prawns, skate, soles, turbot, whiting, whitebait.

TO DRESS WHITEBAIT.

Toss in the whitebait, shake them lightly in the cloth, and put them in a wicker sieve to take away the superfluous flour.

[Illustration: WHITEBAIT.

The ministers of the Crown have had a custom, for many years, of having a "whitebait dinner" just before the close of the session.

Whitebait.

Great numbers of these baby Herrings are caught and sold as "Whitebait.

Baby Herrings and baby Sprats are caught in great quantity, and sold under the name of "Whitebait."

It was thought, at one time, that the Whitebait was another kind of fish; but Whitebait are really the Herring and Sprat in their baby state.

It was thought, at one time, that the Whitebait was another kind of fish; but Whitebait are really the Herring and Sprat in their baby state.

What is a "Whitebait?" LESSON II THE STORY OF THE FLAT FISH

When cooked with a paste, they were as dainty as whitebait served at Greenwich to a London gourmet, and sung by Shakespere.

Long lianes, armed with thorns, which served as fishhooks, caught several of those delicately-flavored "sandjikas", which, once smoked, are easily carried in this region; black "usakas" were also caught, and some "mormdes," with large heads, the genciva of which have teeth like the hairs of a brush, and some little "dagalas," the friends of running waters, belonging to the clupe species, and resembling the whitebait of the Thames.

The attempt to fatigue Thorndyke's brain with superabundant detail was like trying to surfeit a pelican with whitebait.

Nice is broiled salmon, whitebait's also nice With bread and butter served, no shaving thinner.

Are there no whitebait dinners held there?

Mr. LAWLESS said that he was afraid that the days of whitebait dinners were over.

"The days when we all lived in clover, With whitebait, can never revive, I assure you," said LAWLESS, "they're over, But, oh, keep the licence alive.

Certain wines are taken with certain dishes, by old-established customas sherry, or sauterne, with soup and fish; hock and claret with roast meat; punch with turtle; champagne with whitebait; port with venison; port, or burgundy, with game; sparkling wines between the roast and the confectionery; madeira with sweets; port with cheese; and for dessert, port, tokay, madeira, sherry, and claret.

This morning, when I was talking with Miss Pondar about fish, and trying to show her that I knew something about the names of English fishes, I said that we was very fond of whitebait.

"Whitebait?" said she.

At this my back began to bristle, but I didn't let her know it, and I said, in a tone of emphatic mildness, that we would have whitebait twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday.

I think that when it was borne in upon Miss Pondar's soul that we was accustomed to having whitebait as a regular thing she made up her mind we was all right, and that nothing but the Established Church would do for us.

From these nets, when at last they were landed after an hour or so of continual dragging by a dozen or twenty men and women, were taken huge baskets-full of silvery little fish sparkling in the sun, exactly like whitebait.

I had always supposed that whitebait was a specialty of the Thames.