@JennQForsyth Ooo, interesting. We weren’t sure of the word ourselves. Below is the whole passage with your transcription and our question marks!
“Itt is the property of Lotus to make the saters[??] forgett all other soil”
Could this refer to the lotus eaters in the Odyssey?
London is compared by some
to the spleen in the body which the
more itt swells the more itt
is for the other members:
#BodyMetaphors#BigCityProblems
@JennQForsyth You got it! I suspect that the word is "biggst" but Ward may also be doing some kind of e-s elision -- this occurs in many other places in the text. Thanks for your excellent transcription!