IV. 



A PERFECT FOOD. 



BARON VON LIEBIG, one of the best-known writers on 

 dietetics, says: 

 "Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a 

 beneficent restorer of exhausted power; but its quality must be good, 

 and it must be carefully prepared. It is highly nourishing and easily 

 digested, and is fitted to repair wasted strength, preserve health, and 



prolong life. It 

 agrees with dry tem- 

 peraments and con- 

 valescents ; with 

 mothers who nurse 

 their children ; with 

 those whose occupa- 

 tions oblige them to 

 undergo severe men- 

 tal strains; with 

 public speakers, and 

 with all those who 

 give to work a portion of the time needed for sleep. It soothes both 

 stomach and brain, and for this reason, as well as for others, it is the 

 best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits." 



Dr. Edward Smith, LL.B., F.R.S., in his valuable work on 

 " Foods," for the International Scientific Series, says : 



" These well-known substances (cocoa and chocolate) are valuable 

 foods, since they are not only allied to tea and coffee as respiratory ex- 

 citants, but possess a large quantity of fat and other food materials. . . ." 



STORAGE OF COCOA BEANS. 



