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Hard nuts. Grapes. Turnip V. Rhubarb. 



Cobed nuts. Oranges. Carrot V. Garden arti- 



Pistachio nuts. Lemons. Parsnip V. choke V ? 



Stone pine nuts. Citrons. Jerusalem arti- Fern root. 



Cocoa nuts. Shadocks. choke V. Iceland moss. 



Almonds. Cucumbers. Potatoe V. Ceylon moss. 



Peach V. Melons. Leeks. Mushroom. 



Nectarine V. Water-melons. Garlic. Morel. 



Apricot. Mallows. Shallots. Truffle. 



(514.) In this list of vegetables used by man, we find 

 that, if the vastator were to destroy in a great measure the 

 various plants which it attacks, we could only supply the 

 loss, and that very partially, by chestnuts, fern roots, and 

 bark of trees. 



(515.) There is, however, little reason to take so very 

 dark a view of the case ; there must, in all probability, be 

 some parts of the world where the crops are good and 

 abundant, and whence we can obtain their superabun- 

 dance. 



(516.) The present scarcity has been met with a supply 

 of Indian corn from America, but it is possible that a suffi- 

 ciency of food might not exist over the globe for the pur- 

 poses of mankind. And this year rye is being employed 

 for the same purpose. 



(517.) In such a case the council must endeavor to 

 provide new kinds of food. Nutrition may be obtained 

 from the bark of trees, as in Norway ; and doubtless, by 

 care, the great famines which before devastated the world 

 need never recur. 



(518.) The excise laws might be at once examined, and 

 the use of grain for the purposes of distillation might be 

 prohibited, should any great dearth be apprehended, as 



