Pig (the), his popularity as a signboard, 67; of Westphalia and Rothenburg, 164; as a factor of gastronomy, 229 _et seq._; "Dissertation sur le Cochon," 231; "Gli Elogi del Porco," 231; M. Pouvoisin's eulogy of, 232; Rev. Joseph A. Ely's eulogy of, 232; Monselet's eulogy of, 232; Southey's eulogy of, 232; La Reynière's eulogies of, 233, 236; Ernest d'Hervilly's sonnet to, 233; Spenser's and Thomson's unjust strictures on, 235, 238; the Southern razorback, 235, 306; fondness for truffles, 236, 389; Leigh Hunt's essay on, 239; Charles Lamb's apology to the elder animal, 240; as a retriever of game, 244; a German eulogy of, 244; his influence upon the polite arts, 245-246; "Rôti-Cochon," 261, 414 "Pig-Driving, On the Graces and Anxieties of," 239 Planked shad, origin of, 253 _et seq._ Pliny, quoted, 31; referred to, 40, 384, 395 Plover, upland or grass, 361 _et seq._ Plum-porridge, 435 Plum-pudding, and history of, 334, 434-435 Pompadour (Marquise de), 63 Pope, quoted, 83, 103 Pork, the favourite dish of the ancients, 17; origin of, 230 Pork-pie, 89 Porridge, use of, by the ancients, 24 Potato, history of the, 255-256, 306 Potatoes, in England, 272, 330 Pot-au-feu, importance of the, 224 Propertius, quoted, 38 Prout (Father). _Vide_ Rev. Francis Mahony "Psalm, a penitential," 286 Puff-balls. _Vide_ "Mushrooms" Punch, origin of the word, 97 Punctuality. _Vide_ "Dinner, punctuality at" Pumpkin, an ancient vegetable, 9 Quail, 363, 365, 366, 375, 382