// Slime creatures start off as only a single merged blob.

        menv[id].number = 1;

    {
        if (mg.number == 0)
            // Slime creatures start off as only a single un-merged blob.
            menv[id].number = 1;
        else
        {
            // Boost HP to what it would have been if it grown this big
            // by merging.
            menv[id].hit_points     *= mg.number;
            menv[id].max_hit_points *= mg.number;
        }
    }

    mons_spec get_slime_spec(const std::string &name) const;

}
mons_spec mons_list::get_slime_spec(const std::string &name) const
{
    std::string prefix = name.substr(0, name.find(" slime creature"));
    int slime_size = 1;
    if (prefix == "large")
        slime_size = 2;
    else if (prefix == "very large")
        slime_size = 3;
    else if (prefix == "enormous")
        slime_size = 4;
    else if (prefix == "titanic")
        slime_size = 5;
    else
    {
#if DEBUG || DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS
        mprf(MSGCH_DIAGNOSTICS, "Slime spec wants invalid size '%s'",
             prefix.c_str());
#endif
     }
    return mons_spec(MONS_SLIME_CREATURE, MONS_NO_MONSTER, slime_size);

    if (ends_with(name, " slime creature"))
        return get_slime_spec(name);