Why a man, by his spare and simple standards as rich as Cr[oe]sus, should care to ship with him on a voyage promising maggoty biscuits, was quite beyond his mental process.
Barter, of London, writes me: "During the summer months the outdoor mushrooms get maggoty before they are big enough to gather, but of course they can be grown in cool cellars all the year round.
Although very repugnant, however, and utterly unfit for food, maggoty mushrooms are not poisonous.
And this is why maggoty mushrooms are so often found exposed for sale in summer.
