Note 4 — APPENDIX 3: PEYOTE AND TEO-NANACATL
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“Hay unos honguillos en esta tierra que se llaman teo-nanacatl, críanse debajo del heno en los campos ó páramos; son redondos, tienen el pie altillo, delgado y redondo, comidos son de mal sabor, dañan la garganta y emborrachan.” (Idem, 3:241-42.) To be sure our own best scientific knowledge must always be the touchstone for the data of the various folk-sciences; yet one is not entitled to a lofty and comprehensive á priori distrust of native knowledge, particularly when detailed with such clarity as this.