Condiments are likely to do us great harm, and hence it is far better not to use them.
~14.

Tobacco.~--Most of you know that tobacco is obtained from a plant which has long, broad leaves.

These leaves are dried and then rolled up into cigars, ground into snuff, or prepared for chewing.
[Illustration: Tobacco-Plant.] ~15.~ Tobacco has a smarting, sickening taste.

Do you think it would be good to eat?
Why not?
~16.~ You know that tobacco makes people sick when they first begin to use it.

This is because it contains a very deadly poison, called _nicotine_.
~17.~ If you give tobacco to a cat or a dog, it will become very sick.