With their prize once again safely in their possession, the hunters pause for a time to discuss what to have for dinner.

As the author watched the hunters carve themselves a rump steak, he was reminded of the following passage from Candide.
 

Cut off only one of the buttocks of each of these ladies, and you will fare extremely well; if you are under the necessity of having recourse to the same expedient again, you will find the like supply…