2024年3月3日发(作者：)

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I have been assured by a very knowing（会意的，知情的，心照不宣的）

American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well

nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing（nourishing food 滋补食品）, and wholesome （有益健康的）food, whether stewed（炖，煨）,

roasted（烘，烤，焙）, baked（烘烤，焙）, or boiled; and I make no doubt

that it will equally serve in a fricassee （油焖原汁肉块）or a ragout（蔬菜炖肉）.

I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred

and twenty thousand children already computed（计算，估算）, twenty

thousand may be reserved（保留，储备） for breed, whereof（ 关于什么，关于那个）only one-fourth part to be males; which is more than we

allow to sheep, black cattle or swine（猪）; and my reason is, that these

children are seldom the fruits of marriage, a circumstance not much

regarded by our savages（野蛮人，未开化的人）, therefore one male will

be sufficient to serve four females.

That the remaining hundred thousand may, at a year old, be offered in the

sale to the persons of quality and fortune through the kingdom; always

advising the mother to let them suck （吮吸，含在嘴里吸食）plentifully

in the last month, so as to render使变得，是成为） them plump and fat

for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for

friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will

make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be

very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.