Lamb should be small. House lamb can be had at Christmas. Grass lamb is in season from April to September. The flesh should be palecoloured red and fat. The leg of house lamb is sometimes boiled at Christmas and served with white sauce. Lamb is very expensive.

Constituent parts in lib.:

A sheep is thus divided:

1. Leg. 2. Chump end of Loin. 3. Best end of Loin. 4. Neck, best end. 5. Neck, scrag end. 6. Shoulder. 7. Breast. A saddle is the two loins undivided. A chine is the two sides of the neck undivided.

Lamb is thus divided:

1. Leg.

2. Loin.

3. Shoulder.

4. Breast.

5. Ribs.

3, 4, 5, together, Fore-quarter.