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DRINKS.

farer.

They

are

always

clean,

and

frequently

quaint,

although

now-a-days

it

would

be

hard

to

find,

as

Rowlandson

did,

a

turnspit

dog

on

duty.

The

names

of

ales

are

legion

;

but

some

are

worthy

of

a

passing

notice

on

account

of

their

strength,

such

as

some

of

the

College

Ales,

those

brewed

at

the

birth

of

an

heir

to

be

drank

at

his

coming

of

age,