[11] The story of apprentices stipulating with their masters that they should not be required to eat salmon on more than a specified number of days in a week—a familiar illustration of satiety producing not only indifference but disgust—is probably, like many other illustrations, over-drawn, and not wholly correct in its representation. For if, as has been suggested, the salmon the youths objected to were often kelts, salted or fresh, their protest is hardly to be wondered at. No trace of such a stipulation has, however, been found in any old indentures.
[13] “Naturalis Historiæ,” lib. ix., cap. 29.
[14] Voyage of the Beagle; p. 8.
[15] “Travels in Lycia.”
[16] A few days after the publication in Land and Water of my account of this occurrence, the following lines appeared in Fun. They were written by its editor, poor dear Tom Hood, who loved all animals—birds, beasts, and fishes—and delighted in conversing with me about those under my care:—
THE STRAYING ’TOPUS.
A LEGEND OF THE BRIGHTON AQUARIUM.
Have you heard of the Octopus—
’Topus of the feelers eight—