Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

T Hood

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Education, Natural History

    The plaint of a learned pig now being fatted up for eating: 'Old Mullins used to cultivate / My learning like a gard'ner; / But Giblett only thinks of lard, / and not of Doctor Lardner' (177). The illustration captioned 'A Stuffed Bird' (facing 176) depicts a fat baby being fed by its mother; its clothes, plump breast, and short, forward-facing feet give it the appearance of a bird.