They advised the use of a regulator to reduce the pressure entering the duck. Nonetheless the second test duck, while not as spirited as it's predecessor, took off upon reaching a certain pressure and flew across the room emitting noises only slightly reminiscent of those it had emitted in life. Further testing established that the ideal inflation pressure for a duck is 5 pounds per square inch. It is not recorded whether anyone in Hong Kong is actually using the technique. Given to slaves and sold to plebs Liquorice Allsorts came into being in 1899 when Bassett's salesman Charlie Thompson dropped his sample bag on the floor of a customers office.
Cochineal is a red colouring material used in foods.
It is obtained by extracting the colour from the bodies of insects of the families Coccoidea and Apidoidea. Before one gets too alarmed at the number of eggs used in Victorian recipes it is worth remembering that eggs were much smaller then. Combined they convey the idea that bread is the staff of life. Millbank Gaol in London was, when it was built in 1817, the largest in Europe holding 1200 prisoners. In 1822 the lack of discipline in the prison was attributed by its governors to excessive amounts of food and rations were cut.