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may cnt them in slices, and fry them ; or use them 

 as you would ordinary mushrooms. This you will do 

 almost without distinguishing the difference. 



Our task is now ended. We have endeavoured to 

 make a country stroll more interesting, as well as 

 more profitable. A harvest of material is every- 



Fig. 260. 



Lycoperdnn gemmatum. 



where at hand, but how few think of the bounty of 

 the " Lord of the Harvest !" To the young es- 

 pecially, the study of these objects should have a 

 peculiar charm, and it is among the most noticeable 

 features in the education of the present day that the 

 young are becoming more interested in naturaJ 

 history pursuits. There are few studies which more 

 completelv take the conceit out of human nature 



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