CHAPTER VIII.

VEGETABLE DIET DEFENDED.

General Remarks on the Nature of the Argument.--1. The Anatomical Argument.--2. The Physiological Argument.--3. The Medical Argument.--4. The Political Argument.--5. The Economical Argument.--6. The Argument from Experience.--7. The Moral Argument.--Conclusion, 236-296

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VEGETABLE COOKERY.

CLASS I.

FARINACEOUS OR MEALY SUBSTANCES.

Bread of the first order.--Bread of the second order.--Bread of the third kind.--Boiled Grains.--Grains in other forms--baked, parched, roasted, or torrefied.--Hominy.--Puddings proper, 291-308

CLASS II.

FRUITS.

The large fruits--Apple, Pear, Peach, Quince, etc.--The smaller fruits--Strawberry, Cherry, Raspberry, Currant, Whortleberry, Mulberry, Blackberry, Bilberry, etc., 308-309

CLASS III.

ROOTS.

The Common Potato.--The Sweet Potato, 309-311

CLASS IV.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD.

Buds and Young Shoots.--Leaves and Leaf Stalks.--Cucurbitaceous Fruits.--Oily Seeds, etc., 311-312

VEGETABLE DIET.