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DRINKS.
the
Tay
to
correct
the
bitterness,
which,
however, does
not
seem
disagreeable
to
me.
"
There
are
three
chief
virtues
in
Tay.
The
first
is
to
cure
and
prevent
headache
;
for
my
part,
when
I
had
a
headache,
by
taking
Tay,
I
feh
so
comforted,
that
it
seemed
to
draw
all
my
pain
away,
for
the
prin-
cipal
force
in
Tay
is
to
expel
those
gross
vapours
that
mount
to
the
head,
and
inconvenience
us.
If
it
is
taken
after
supper,
it
generally
hinders
sleep
;
yet
there
are
some
in
whom
it
causes
sleep,
because
by
only
expelling
the
grossest
vapours,
it
leaves
those
which
induce
sleep.
For
myself,
I
have
experienced
it
often
enough,
when
I
have
been
obliged
to
sit
up
all
night
hearing
the
confessions
of
my
native
Chris-
tians,
which
frequently
happened
;
I
had
only
to
take
Tay
at
the
hour
when
I
should
have
been
going
to
sleep,
and
I
could
go
all
night
without
wishing
for
sleep,
and
next
morning
I
was
as
fresh
as
if
I
had
had
my
usual
slumber.
I
could
do
this
once
a
week
without
being
incommoded.
Once
I
tried
to
continue
this
wakefulness
for
six
consecutive
nights,
but
on
the
sixth
I
was
quite
knocked
up.
*'
Tay
is
not
only
good
for
the
head
;
it
has
a
mar-
vellous
effect
in
comforting
the
stomach,
and
aiding
the
digestion,
so
that
it
is
ordinarily
drank
after
dinner,
but
not
generally
after
supper,
if
sleep
is
required.
The
third
thing
that
Tay
does
is
to
purge
the
reins
of
gout
and
gravel,
and
it
is,
perhaps, the
true
reason
why
these
maladies
are
unknown
in
these
countries,
as
I
have
said
before."
One
thing
is
very
certain.
Tea
would
not
have