for this purpose. * Clever little dogs they are, and trained
from puppyhood to hunt the truffle out by the nose, and
then to scratch it up with their long, sharp claws. It ia
curious and interesting to watch the powers of nose pos-
sessed by these small dogs ; how directly they perceive the
odor of the hidden truffle ; they rush to the place, straight
as a dart, even at twenty yards' distance.' "

Tuckahoe» or Indian bread, somewhat resembles
the truffle, but is found in New Jersey, Virginia, etc. Its
qualifications are not yet much known. The Hon. James
M. Gamett says : '' It has neither root in the ground nor
stem above, but grows a few inches below the surface, ap-
parently as unconnected with the soil as a buried cannon-
ball would be. It is oval in shape, and varies in size from
that of a goose-egg to that of a man's head. The coat is
rough, and of a dark-brown color — the inner substance
very white, similar in texture to that of the yam^ and
of an insipid taste ; when fresh, however, it is somewhat
acrid.
