It may also be flavoured, by adding to it, at the time you put the Broth into the smaller Stewpan, Mushroom Catsup, Shallot Wine, Essences of Spice or Herbs, &c.;--we prefer it quite plain--it is then ready to be converted in an instant into a basin of Beef Tea for an Invalid, and any flavour may be immediately communicated to it by the Magazine of Taste (No. 463.) _Mutton Chops delicately Stewed, and good Mutton Broth._--(No. 490.)--Put a Pound of Chops into a stewpan with cold water enough to cover them, and half a pint over, and an Onion,--when it is coming to a boil, skim it, cover the pan close, and set it _over a very slow Fire_ till the Chops are tender,--if they have been kept a proper time, they will take about three quarters of an hour's _very gentle simmering_. Send up Turnips with them, (No. 130), they may be boiled with the chops, skim well, and then send all up in a deep dish, with the Broth they were stewed in. N.B. _The Broth_ will make an Economist one,--and _the Meat_ another wholesome and comfortable meal. [113] Men are but rarely "framed so in the prodigality of Nature," as to have all their Senses in perfection--very few have a single one, that approximates within many degrees of it--the Eye of Raphael, the Ear of Handel, the Palate of Apicius--or the sensitive touch of the blind Girl, who could _feel Colours_--are pancratic faculties which are seldom produced. The following division of the Senses is so excellent, that I copy it from the scarce Book referred to below:-- "I distinguish the SIX SENSES by the character of noxious and innocent. The first three, _Thinking_--_Seeing_--and _Hearing_--are the innocent. The last three, _Feeling_--_Tasting_--and _Smelling_--the noxious. "I pursue Happiness, or systematic pleasurable sensation, in the cultivation of the first class--and in the control of the latter."--See the LIFE OF JOHN STEWART THE TRAVELLER, p. 12. [114] "I took two pieces of Mutton, each weighing 45 grains, and having _chewed_ one as much as I used to chew my food--enclosed them in two separate spheres--and swallowed them at the same time--these tubes were voided at the same time--of the masticated meat there remained only 4 grains--of the other there were 18 left."