Jugged—What?

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 11, 14 March 1908, Page 11

Jugged—What?

We are indebted to the Paris “Daily Mail” for the following story—which, as the French say, gives furiously to think. According to that picturesque organ, a professor from the Natural History Museum, exploring the catacombs of Paris, came upon a pyramid composed (or decomposing’) of cats’ heads —of which “those on the top were freshly cut.” The mound “had evidently been accumulating for years.” What was the “mot de I’enigme?” Investigation proved that the pyramid stood just under the premises of a cheap restaurant, “which make a special feature of jugged hare at popular prices,” and that “close by, an air-shaft passed through the cellars of the restaurant in question.” Astonishment, not unmingled with awe, must have fallen upon the professor (as it will upon the public) at this discovery. The “harmless, necessary eat” (felis sausaginea, as science terms her) appears to have racial affinities with another species of puss which may have been suspected, but never so strongly as they henceforth will be, and .the culinary reputation of the great French nation once more asserts itself triumphant. There is no moral to this story. © © ©