26 PREAMBLE. 



repeat caution against foolish experiments. 

 Be sure to know and distinguish your 

 mushrooms first, and eat them afterwards, 

 but do not rely upon a fancied external 

 appearance, without comparing them with 

 the written description, unless they have 

 been guaranteed and recommended by some 

 competent person. There is no more danger 

 of eating bad fungi than of eating bad 

 fish, if the same amount of discrimination 

 is exercised. Better to be too timid, as 

 some are, and refuse to eat mushrooms at 

 all, than to be too reckless, and neglect the 

 simplest precautions to ensure safety. 



