r 13 ; 



fore neceflary to guard againft it in colleding 

 herbs for fallads, and other purpofes. 



3. MUSHROOMS, 



Mulhrooms have been long ufed in fauces, in 

 ketchup, and other forms of cookery. They were 

 highly efleemed by the Romans, as they are at 

 prefent, by the French, Italians, and other na- 

 tions. 



Pliny exclaims againft the luxury of his coun- 

 trymen in this article ; and wonders, what extra- 

 ordinary pleafure there can be, in eating fuch liaH" 

 gerous fcod*. The ancient writers on the Materia 

 JVIedica feem to agree, that mufhrooms are in ge- 

 neral unwholefomc ; and the moderns, Lemcry, 

 Allen> GcofFroy, Boerhaave, Linnasus, and others, 

 concur in the fame opinion. There are nume- 

 rous inflances upon record of their fatal efFeds. 



Al- 



* Qu£e voluptas tarita ancipUis cibi I Plin. Nat. Hifl:^ 



