Punch,  18 (1850), 87.

Puff Paste

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Natural History, Political Economy, Nutrition


    Referring to 'A FREE-TRADE PIE', asks 'the whole of the natural historians now living', and in particular, Alexander von Humboldt and 'TIDE-MAN', why pigeon pies are made from pigeons that have four legs.



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