•144 poisonous mushrooms.

But if the palate must be indulged withthese treacherous luxuries, or, as Senecarails them, “ voluptuous poison*,” it ishighly necessary that the mild eatablemushrooms, should be gathered by personsskilful enough to distinguish the good fromthe false, or poisonous, which is not al-ways the case; nor are the characters whichdistinguish them strongly marked.

The following statement is published byMr. Glen, surgeon, of Knightsbridge :

“ A poor man, residing in Knightsbridge,took a walk in Hyde Park, with the inten-tion of gathering some mushrooms. Hecollected a considerable number, and, afterstewing them, began to eat them. He had

* Sen. Ep. 95 .