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drink.
It
has
since
fallen
from
its
high
estate.
There
are
some
forty
kinds
of
beer, at
least,
now
manufactured
in
Brussels.
The
white
beer
of
Louvain
in
South
Brabant
is
the
most
esteemed
;
but
an
Englishman
has
described
it
as
having
the
flavour
of
pitch,
soapsuds
and
vinegar.
The
winter
brew
is
termed
Faro,
the
summer
Lambic.
The
Faro
is
by
some
said
to
be
prepared
from
the
strong
Lambic
and
a
small
beer
called
Mars,
All
Belgium
beers,
according
to
the
opinion
of
some
experts,
have
a
certain
stamp
of
vinosity.
In
addition
to
the
Lambic
3ind
Faro,
which
are
distinguished
in this
particular,
may
be
mentioned
the
Uitzet
of
Flanders,
the
Arge
of
Antwerp,
and
Fortes-
Saisons
of
the
Walloons.
The
white
sparkling
beers
of
Louvain
are
the
best
of
summer
beers,
they
are
succeeded
by
those
of
Hougaerde
and
Diest.
The
brown
beers
of
Malines
and
the
Saison
of
Liege
possess
good
reports.
Latterly
the
Grisettes
of
Gem-
bloux,
the
beer
of
Dinant,
the
blonde
of
Buicke,
and
the
ale
of
Oppuers
have
been
creditably
mentioned.
Borneo.
The
aborigines^
of
Borneo,
if
we
are
to
believe
Commodore
Roggewein,^
are
the
"
basest,
most
cruel
and
perfidious
people
in
the
world."
They
are
"
honest,
industrious,
strongly
affectionate
and
self-
denying,"
if
we
are
to
credit
the
account
of
the
Italian
missionary,
Antonio
Ventimiglia.
When
such
di-
versity
of
opinion
is
manifested
about
the
people,
^
Beajus,
which
in
Malay
signifies
a
wild
man.
*
Roggewein's
Voyage
Round
the
World.