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XI.
TOBACCO,
CAUSTIC
POTASSA,
RED
PEPPER,
AQUA
FORTIS,
AND
OIL
OF
VITRIOL,
A
POPULAR
error
of
the
day
has
it
that
the
above*
mentioned
articles
are
used
in
the
manufacture
of
liquors
for
giving
an
artificial
strength,
<fcc.,
&c.
An
examinatf
)n
of
the
properties
of
the
articles
in
question
will
exhibit
to
what
slight
grounds
popu-
lar
opinion
is
attached
to
for
its
expressions
of
opinions
on
thi
subject.
TOBACCO.
The
quantit
of
this
article
necessary
to
give
a
strong
and
cut
ing
taste
to
the
throat
would
be
de-
tected
instantl
by
the
palate.
It
should
be
recol-
lected
that
it
i
only
a
few
grains
that
are
required
for
an
emetic
:
but
assuming
that the
tobacco
was