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  A 
  PLATN 
  AND 
  EAST 
  ACCOU.N? 
  

  

  ment 
  they 
  should 
  inflict. 
  This 
  conversation 
  the 
  

   unoffending 
  one 
  overheard, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  

   her 
  companion 
  should 
  have 
  a 
  lame 
  leg 
  for 
  seven 
  years, 
  

   and 
  be 
  ultimately 
  cured 
  by 
  a 
  herb 
  growing 
  on 
  Dartmoor, 
  

   but 
  with 
  a 
  name 
  so 
  long 
  that 
  the 
  girl 
  could 
  not 
  remember 
  

   it. 
  In 
  the 
  morning 
  the 
  other 
  girl 
  arose 
  lame, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  so 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  assigned 
  ; 
  when, 
  one 
  

   day, 
  as 
  she 
  was 
  picking 
  a 
  mushroom, 
  up 
  started 
  a 
  

   strange-looking 
  little 
  boy, 
  who 
  insisted 
  upon 
  striking 
  

   her 
  leg 
  with 
  a 
  plant 
  which 
  he 
  held 
  in 
  his 
  hand. 
  This 
  

   was 
  the 
  magical 
  plant, 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  continued 
  striking 
  

   her 
  leg 
  till 
  she 
  became 
  perfectly 
  cured, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   best 
  dancers 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  Marasniius 
  oreades 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  onlv 
  fundus 
  which 
  has 
  

   this 
  habit 
  of 
  growing 
  in 
  rings. 
  One 
  of 
  our 
  largest 
  gill- 
  

   bearing 
  fungi, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  some 
  others, 
  indulge 
  in 
  this 
  

   eccentricity 
  — 
  probably, 
  in 
  times 
  past, 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  alarm 
  

   of 
  the 
  superstitious. 
  

  

  Marasmius 
  scorodonius 
  is 
  largely 
  consumed 
  in 
  

   Austria, 
  Germany, 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  continental 
  countries. 
  

   It 
  is 
  known 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Lauchschwamm 
  and 
  

   Hayyma 
  gomba 
  ; 
  but 
  neither 
  these 
  nor 
  its 
  garlic 
  odour 
  

   would 
  commend 
  it 
  to 
  our 
  own 
  countrymen. 
  This 
  little 
  

   species 
  grows 
  in 
  dry 
  pastures 
  and 
  on 
  heaths. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  

   tough 
  and 
  crisped 
  reddish 
  pilous, 
  a 
  hollow 
  smooth 
  

   reddish-brown 
  stem, 
  and 
  dirty-white 
  gills. 
  Although 
  

   plentiful 
  in 
  'the 
  countries 
  already 
  named, 
  it 
  is 
  rare 
  

   with 
  us. 
  

  

  Two 
  or 
  three 
  other 
  species 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  enumerated, 
  

   equal, 
  if 
  not 
  superior, 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes; 
  

  

  