will suffice, in the absence of any other food, to furnish a
good repast."

Indeed, the value of cocoa as food for ordinary mortals as well as for
mythical beings cannot be better summed up than in the words of
Professor Lankester, Superintendent of the Food Collections at South
Kensington, who declares:

"It can hardly be regarded as a substitute for tea and coffee;
it is, in fact, a substitute for all other kinds of food, and
when taken with some form of bread, little or nothing else need
be added at a meal. The same may be said of chocolate."


FOOTNOTES:

[1] According to Drs. Playfair and Lankester:

Tea contains 3 per cent. theine.
Coffee " 1¾ " caffeine.
Cocoa " 2 " theobromine.

Probably the proportion of caffeine in coffee would be more correctly
stated as 1¼ per cent. Theine and caffeine are identical, but
theobromine (C_{7}H_{8}N_{4}O_{2}) differs from both in the greater
proportion of nitrogen which it contains.

[2] Dr. Johnson's analysis:

Dried milk 35 \