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er,
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nous
·~bles;
such as
pesi,
-beans,
hari~
or
lentih ·; a.ml once a.-week-on the sabbath or
hol
ida.ys_:__about
three
quart.ers._of
a poun'd of
m~
and from two
to
three pints of beer. -The
possi
bility of maintaining
health,
and working
Under
these circumstances, on
BO
low a diet, is attributed
by M. G:i.sparin, to- the energy of the .coffee
in
promoting the activity of the digesti•e functions,
or perhapd in
its
retarding the nutrition of
those
organs which do not demand a
large
consump
tion of material for their re_pair.
This
explanation,
~L
Gasparin
observes,
is
borne
0~1t
by
the habits of the
Amba,--0£
cara
vans,-and of the French
a.rmy
in Africa,
by
all
of whom .:veat fatigue
has
been endured, under
the use ot coffee only as a f>everage.
The mi-
- ming population
r~ferred
to, enjoy W3Y circum
_11tances compared
with
many
other claSees
or
,la
borers, and poverty
ia
unknon
among them,
ex
cept from accidents and other unforeaeen causes
which incapacitat.e them for labor.
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THE MilING OP GOOD COFFEE - · ' .
Is
a very rare
thing in
this
country ; m08i
per
sons boil
it,
thus malting a decoction inste:>.d of
aa
infusion;
this
effectu&lly
gets
rid
of
the
deli
cate and agreeable aromatic flavor, and leaves a
com:pci.rativelytaatelees beverage. The following
pdrt1culars
will
he
found w9rth attention :-
Never
buy
yuur coffee ground,
but
grind it
yourself, immeclil\tely before using
1t ;
keep your
coffee-pot, whatever kind
you
may use,
wiped
clean
and dry inside ; a damp
tea
or coffee-pot