VALUE AS FOOD. 53 



Surinam. Caracas. Para. Trinidad. 



Gluten 3.20 3.21 2.99 3.15 



Water ..... 6.01 5.58 5.55 4.88 



" This substance," he goes on to say, 

 " in its action is less exciting to the ner- 

 vous system than tea or coffee, and at the 

 same time it contains a much larger pro- 

 portion of nutritive material. Moreover, 

 its flavor is not lessened by the addition of 

 milk, so that it can be boiled in milk only, 

 and thus produce a most agreeable and 

 nutritious food. There are, therefore, 

 many persons, states of system and cir- 

 cumstances, in which its use is to be pre- 

 ferred to either tea or coffee." 



