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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  suspending 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  kitchen, 
  and 
  when 
  thoroughly 
  

   dried 
  may 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  close 
  tins. 
  Only 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  two 
  

   since 
  the 
  same 
  gentleman, 
  whose 
  name 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  

   mentioned, 
  directed 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  

   of 
  the 
  Garch-ners' 
  Chronicle, 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  strong 
  com- 
  

   mendation. 
  Indeed, 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  mention 
  a 
  species 
  the 
  

   evidence 
  in 
  whose 
  favour 
  is 
  so 
  strong, 
  and 
  yet 
  bushels 
  

   are 
  allowed 
  to 
  decay 
  every 
  year, 
  whilst 
  scarce 
  a 
  single 
  

   mushroom 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  kind 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  remain 
  for 
  

   twenty-four 
  hours, 
  wherever 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  hoy 
  can 
  

   find 
  access. 
  This 
  species 
  would 
  yield 
  good 
  ketchup, 
  

   but 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  quantities 
  ; 
  if, 
  however, 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  

   added 
  with 
  other 
  mushrooms, 
  it 
  greatly 
  improves 
  the 
  

   flavour 
  of 
  the 
  ketchup. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  Gerard 
  Smith 
  thus 
  describes 
  the 
  general 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  circles 
  on 
  the 
  grass 
  found 
  where 
  these 
  

   mushrooms 
  do 
  grow, 
  and 
  which 
  were 
  long 
  attributed 
  

   to— 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  nimble 
  elves 
  

   That 
  do 
  by 
  moonshine 
  green 
  sour 
  ringlets 
  make, 
  

   Whereof 
  the 
  ewe 
  bites 
  not 
  ; 
  whose 
  pastime 
  'tis 
  

   To 
  make 
  these 
  midnight 
  mushrooms." 
  

  

  " 
  Fairy-rings 
  consist, 
  generally 
  speaking, 
  of 
  circles 
  

   or 
  parts 
  of 
  circles 
  of 
  grass, 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  colour 
  and 
  more 
  

   'luxuriant 
  growth 
  than 
  the 
  surrounding 
  herbage, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  cd^e 
  of 
  the 
  circle 
  being 
  well 
  defined, 
  while 
  the 
  

   colour 
  and 
  stature 
  of 
  the 
  grass 
  diminish 
  and 
  fade 
  so 
  

   gradually 
  inwards, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  

   exact 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  ring 
  towards 
  the 
  centre. 
  Very 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  there 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  observed 
  an 
  outer 
  and 
  contiguous 
  

  

  