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in
terrorem.
Idleness,
poverty,
misery,
and
distress,
which
drives
even
to
madness
and
death,
are
the
only
objects
that
are
to
be
seen
;
and
not
a
house
in
toler-
able
condition
but
the
pawnbrokers
and
gin
shop.
The
same
moral
is
taught
by
Cruikshank,
but
not
before
his
conversion
to
teetotalism.
Schiedam
is
the
metropolis
of
gin,
and
its
numerous
distilleries
are
omnivorous,
taking
with
equal
relish
car-
goes
of
rye
and
buckwheat
from
Russia,
and
damaged
rice
or
any
cereal
from
other
countries,
and
sometimes
also
potato
spirit
from
Hamburg.
The
distillery
of
De
Kuypers
is
probably
that
of
the
greatest
note,
and
that
firm's
black
square
bottles,
packed
in
cases
filled
with
hemp
husks,
are
known
all
over
the
world.
In
Africa
"
square
face
"
is
king,
but
he
frequently
holds
some
counterfeit
liquor,
even
some-
times
the
vilest
of
Cape
Smoke.
Schiedam
is
the
Mecca
of
the
Dutchman,
the
birth-
place
of
his
beloved Schnapps.
This
drink
is
always
acceptable,
and
fifty
good
reasons
exist
for
drinking
it.
The
chief
varieties
of
the
aromatised
popular
spirit
called
gin
are
now
known
as
Geneva,
Hollands,
and
Schiedam.
It
is
current
in
some
parts of
Africa
as
a
species
of
coin.
Since,
however, every
distiller
varies
his
materials
and
their
proportions,
the
species
of
this
beverage
are
practically
unlimited.
Generally,
however,
the
distinc-
tion
is
clear
between
Hollands
or
Dutch
and
English
gin.
The
former
is
commonly
purer
than
the
highly
flavoured
and
too
frequently
adulterated
British
pro-
duct.