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beds,, something like the drills which farmers make for 

 green crops. As the proprietor goes along he removes 

 sundry bunches that are in perfection, and leaves them 

 on the spot, so that they may be collected with the rest 

 for to-morrow's market. He gathers largely every day, 

 occasionally sending more than 400 Ib. weight per day, 

 the average being about 300 Ib. 



A moment more and we are in an open space, a sort 

 of chamber, say 20 feet by 12, and here the little beds 



Fig. 20. View in mushroom-cave. 



are arranged in parallel lines, an alley of not more than 

 four inches separating them, the sides of the beds being 

 literally blistered all over with mushrooms. There is one 



