To roast Wild Ducks, Teal or Widgeons, these will take but ten minutes in roasting the fashionable way; but if they are loved well done, they must lie down at the fire a quarter of an hour.

An agreeable way to drees Wild Duck, Lay the duck down to the fire till it is half roasted; then lay it in a dish and carve it, but don't separate one part from another entirely, but leave the joints hanging together. Then squeeze the juice of a lemon over it and throw in a little pepper and salt. Then lay the duck on its breast, put a plate over it and squeeze it hard. Then put two or three spoonfuls of good gravy into the dish and cover it close with another dish. This done set it over a stove or chasing-dish of coals for ten minutes. Heat a little red wine and pour it in a little before it is done. Garnish the same dish with lemon and fend it to the table hot. Some like a little shalot cut small and put into the dish.