in size from a small marble to a plum. These were greenish-brown in colour, of firm consistence, and covered over with a thin layer of mucus; _but there was no more odour to it than there is to a hot biscuit_. "The whole mass weighed 56 grams. The next day there was a further deposit of the same kind of dry-waste, making 135 grams (about 4-3/4 ounces) for the nine days. It seems to me there could be no more conclusive evidence of complete digestion and assimilation than this. The existence of perfect nutrition is indicated by his ability to continue, without fatigue and under trying conditions, work which could only be accomplished in an ideal condition of health. "WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31, 1903." [Footnote 11: Similar specimens of digestion-ash have been kept for five years without change other than drying to dust.] WHAT SENSE? TASTE[12] [Footnote 12: "Glutton or Epicure" was originally composed of two smaller booklets entitled "Nature's Food Filter; or, What and When to Swallow" and "What Sense? or, Economic Nutrition;" bound together. In this revision the order has been retained with some repetitions, but with different applications.] The Sense of Taste has a value in relation to nutrition that has not fully been appreciated. Taste has been considered the lowest, in usefulness, of all the senses. On the contrary, if properly understood, taste is one of the most important of all the faculties man possesses. Taste has lacked appreciation, for the reason that it has been supposed that it catered to sensuality, in the vulgar sense, and performed the function of devilish temptation rather than that of natural invitation and protection. Upon an examination, that any one can make for himself, however, it is revealed that taste is the faithful servant of appetite; the sentinel of the stomach, of the intestines, of the tissues and of the brain, whose guidance and warning, if heeded, will give heretofore unknown enjoyment of eating, and at the same time insure perfect health and the maximum of strength. * * * * * TASTE IS THE GUIDE AND GUARD OF NUTRITION The more we learn, the more evident it is that there is a _Perfect Way_ locked, or, rather, enfolded, in all of Nature's secrets, and that it is intended that man shall sometime discover them.