Professor Menu 217

naturally into pea-sticks covered with peas
is the green-peacock, He also has vege-
table marrow in his bones; in fact vegetable
marrow—one of my greatest discoveries—
is the chief connecting link between animal
and vegetable life.

“ Now look in this fish- THe
pond. There is the cur- CURRANT- JELLY.
rant -jelly-fish. There is FISH.

the cow-eel, from which
excellent soup, com-
bining the qualities
of beef-tea and turtle-
soup, may be obtained.
Those creatures some-
what like lobsters are pie-
crustaceans ; and here is the
crab-apple. By a mixture
of the two, we obtain natu-
ral apple-dumplings. That large fish with a
tough shell, growing on the aquatic plant, is
the halibutternut ; it provides a dish which
is a combination of the fish course and the
dessert. The pond is brilliantly lighted at
night by a combination of the lamprey and the