ed by thé rest witbthe utmost véhémence. One person heldoutagoodwhilefor oysters, asserting that they were toaiïintents andpurposes vegetables; and Mrs. L. H., who was admitted an honorary member, pleaded hard for shrimps and periwinkies. But their eloquence was spent to no purpose thé Catos ofthe committee remained unshaken.
On the morning of the first of May, there was not a vegetabte left in Covent-Garden market by nine o'c)ock. AU the green groeers in thé north end of the town were speedily disburthened of their wares; and an immense number of families in the parishes of Paneras and Biooniabury, in Hampstead, Highgate, and Kentish Town, were left that day, without a single potato. An advance took place in the price of vegetables, and a single head of cabbage was known to fetch five sbittings.
At five o'clock, the tables were spread, and the guests assembled on Hampstead Heath. Mr. N. was in the chair near him sat Dr. L., Mr. R. theantiquarian, Sir J. S., thé Rev. P., and Mr. T., the Pythagorean philosopher Mr. P. B. S. was vice-président; near hin] was Mr. G., Mr. H., and Mr. L. H., anj many others whom it would be tedious to enumerate. We were sorry to observe several of the more rigid amateurs looking very pale and thin, but they ail declared that they enjoyed the most perfect health.
Thé dinner was composed of such vegetables as were m season they were generaUy boited, though some few rivais ofthe Gymnosophists preferred their cabbage, etc., in a raw state. One sage, in particular, we remarked with a dish of clover before him, which he devoured with an avidity worthy of Nebuchadnezzar himself. 1. On reconnait aisément quelques-uues de ces initiales Mr. Newton, l'ami de Shelley, auteur du petit livre T'/te~e/Mt-H <o ~Va/MM Dr. Lamb, aussi un des pionniers du Végétarisme T. Taylor, l'interprète de Platon, le restaurateur du potytheisme.
2. P. B. Shelley, W. Godwin, Hunt (« l'orateur t), et Lcigh Hunt.