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TEA.
I.
Popularity
of
Tea
as
a
Drink
—
Consumption
in
England,
and
com-
parative
Use
all
over
the
World
—
Legend
of
its
Origin
—
Date
of
its
Use
—
Growth
of
the
Plant—
Different
Kinds
of
Tea—
Great
Falling
off in
the
Exports
from
China
—
Ceylon
Tea
—
High
Prices
of
—
Statistics
—
Analysis
of
Tea.
Op
all
non-alcoholic
beverages,
Tea
claims
the
pre-eminence,
being
drank
by
nearly,
if
not
quite,
half
the
population
of the world,
and
common
alike
to
all
climes
and
all
nations.
In
China
it
is
the
national
beverage,
and
it
is
used
not
only
as
an
ordinary
drink,
but
it
is
the
chief
factor
in
visits
of
ceremony,
and
in
hospitality.
Japan,
too,
is
a
large
consumer,
and
its
houses
of
entertainment
are
**Tea"
houses.
In
the
wilds of
Thibet
its
use
is
universal,
and
so
it
is
on
the
steppes
of
Tartary,
where,
however,
it
is
made
as
nauseous
and
repulsive
a
drink
as
possible.
In
Russia,
it
is
the
traveller's
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