Of the birds familiar to European sportsmen, partridges and quails are to be had at all times; the woodcock has occasionally been shot in the hills, and the ubiquitous snipe, which arrives in September from Southern India, is identified not alone by the eccentricity of its flight, but by retaining in high perfection the qualities which have endeared it to the gastronome at home.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Tears and shrieks accompany the descent of the gastronome.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Quelques-unes admiraient mon ami, presque toutes le plaignaient, et le professeur gastronome fut glorifie.
"The Physiology of Taste"
Brillat Savarin