To Collar a Pig.
Take a young fat pig, and when he is well scalded, cut off his head, then slit him down the back, take out his bones, lay him in a dish of milk and water, and shift him twice a day—for the rest, turn to page 103.
To my step-daughter Almeria, who is now at Elmour Grove in her eighteenth year—
[Written across the above in red ink.]
Mem’m—I prophecy this third day of August, that the man from Hull will be here to-morrow with fresh mullets.
And as girls go, I believe a good girl, considering the times—but if she disoblige me by marriage, or otherwise, I hereby revoke the same.
[Written diagonally in red ink.]
Mem’m—Weight of the Big Bullock, 90 score, besides offal.
[The value was so pale it could not be deciphered.]
And I further intend to except out of my above bequest to my daughter Almeria, the sum of ...