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DRIXKS.
guardians,
known
as
ale-conners,
who
had
the
right
of
entering
all
public-houses
and
tasting
their
ales.
Only
the
most
important
beers
of
different
countries
are
given
in
the
following
list,
arranged
alphabetically
for
convenience
of
reference
:—
Africa.
Captain
Clapperton
{Expedition
to
Africa,
i.,
133,
187)
found
at
Wow-wow,
the
metropolis
of
Borghoo,
a
kind
of
ale
bearing
the
name
of
pitto,
obtained
from
the
same
grain
as
that
used
for
the
same
purpose
in
Dahomey,
and
by
a
process
nearly
similar
to
the
brewing
of
beer
in
England
from
malt,
only
that
no
hops
were
added,
a
defect
which
prevented
it
keeping
for
any
length
of
time.
The
people
of
the
countries
from
the
Gambia
to
the
Senegal
use
a
kind
of
beer
called
balLo.
At
a
village
called
Wezo
there
is
a
beer
called
otee,
a.
sort
of
ale
made
from
millet,
of
a
very
enlivening
nature.
Another
sort
of
beer,
called
^^ear,
is
found
at
Ragada.
At
Whidah
an
excellent
beer
is
made
from
two
sorts
of maize.
The
Jews
at
Taffilet
use
beer
of
their
own
brewing.
Isaacs
{Travels
in
Africa,
ii.
319)
says
that
the
Zoola
nation,
between
Delagoa
Bay
and
the
Bay
of
Natal,
has
a
description
of
beer,
with
which
the
natives
are
wont
to
get
drunk.
This
beer
is
made
from
a
seed
called
loopoco,
some-
thing
in size
and
colour
like
rape.
It
has
powerful
fermenting
properties,
and
forms
a
beverage
of
a
light
brown
hue,
potent
and
stimulating.
In
Sofala
a
beer
is
made
from
rice
and
millet
;
also
in
Abyssinia
is
to
be
found
a
drink
of
many
names
tallah,
or
selleh,
or