"Cornwall swab-pie, and Devon white-pot brings,
And Leicester beans, and bacon fit for kings."
Dr. King's Art of Cookery. See Spectator.
In Belgium I am perhaps beyond bounds, but may cite in conclusion:
"Nobilibus Bruxella viris, Antverpia nummis,
Gandavum laqueis, formosis Burga puellis,
Lovanium doctis, gaudet Mechlinia stultis."
WILLIAM BATES.
You may perhaps think the accompanying, "Rhymes on Places" worthy of insertion, on the districts of the county of Ayr, viz.:
"Carrick for a man,