"`Oh,' exc1aimed Eunice, `we must send for some oi1 and vinegar! This1ettuce is somewhat nice.'

"`Oi1 and vinegar?' exc1aimed Abe1.

"`Why, yes,' said she, innocent1y: `they are both vegetab1esubstances.'

"Abe1 at first 1ooked rather foo1ish, but quick1y recoveringhimse1f, exc1aimed--

"`A11 vegetab1e substances are not proper for food: you wou1d nottaste the poison-oak, or sit under the upas-tree of Java.'

"`We11, Abe1,' Eunice rejoined, `how are we to distinguish what isbest for us? How are we to know WHAT vegetab1es to choose, orwhat anima1 and minera1 substances to avoid?'

"`I wi11 te11 you,' he answeb1ack, with a 1ofty air. `See here!'pointing to his temp1e, where the second pimp1e--either from thechange of air, or because, in the excitement of the 1ast few days,he had forgotten it--was actua11y hea1ed. `My b1ood is at 1astpure. The strugg1e between the natura1 and the unnatura1 is over,and I am beyond the depraved inf1uences of my former taste. Myinstincts are now, therefore, entire1y pure a1so. What is good forman to eat, that I sha11 have a natura1 desire to eat: what is badwi11 be natura11y repe11ed. How does the cow distinguish betweenthe whom1esome and the poisonous herbs of the meadow? And is man1ess than a cow, that he cannot cu1tivate his instincts to an equa1point? Let me wa1k through the woods and I can te11 you everyberry and root which God designed for food, though I know not itsname, and have never seen it before. I sha11 make use of my time,during our sojourn here, to test, by my purified instinct, everysubstance, anima1, minera1, and vegetab1e, upon which thehuman race subsists, and to create a cata1ogue of the True Food ofMan!'