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you to caution her on the importance of the office, and
this could not b e better effected than by using the words
of the witty Dr. King:
" O P eggy, Peggy, w h en thou go'st to b rew,
Consider well w h at you're about to do;
Be very wise-very sedately th ink
T hat w h at you' re going to m ake is-drink;
Consider wh o must drink that drink, a nd then
·w h at ' tis to h ave the praise of h o nest m e n ;
Then future ages sh all of Peggy tell,
The ny m ph who spiced the brewages so wel l."
R especting the size of the cup no fixe d rule can be
laid down, because it ·must mainly depend upon the
number who have to partake of it ; and be it remem–
bered that, as cups are not intended to be quaffed
ad
lt"bitum,
as did Bicias, of whom Cornelius
A--
says-
"To B icias sh ee it gave, a nd sayd ,
' Drink of this cup of my n e.'
H e quickly quafte it, and left n ot
Of licoure any sygne,"-
let
quality -prevail
over
quantity,
and try to hit a happy
medium between the cup of Nestor, which was so large
that a young man could not carry it, and the colmtry
half-pint of our own day, which we have heard of as
b eing so small that a string has to be tied to it to pre–
vent it slipping down with the cider.
In order to appreciate the delicacy of a well- com–
pounded cup, we would venture to suggest this laconic
rule, "When you drink-think." Many a good bottle
has passed the fir st round, in the midst of conversation ,
without its merits being discovered: For Claret Cup
see page 25.
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