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DRINKS.

end

is

clear

from

the

Herb.

They

drink

round

from*

the

same

pipe,

pouring

hot

water

on

the

Herb

as

it

is

drank

=off.

Instead

of

a

pipe,

which

they

call

Bombilla

;

some

part

the

Herb

with

a

silver

separation,

called

Apartador,

full

of

little

holes.

The

reluctance

wliich

the

French

have

shown

to

drink

after

all

sorts

of

people,

in

a

country

where

so

many

are

diseased,

has

occasioned

the

inventing

of the

use

of

little

glass

pipes,

which

they

began

to

use

at

Linia,

That

liquor

is,

in

my

opinion,

better

than

Tea

;

it

has

a

flavour

of the

Herb,

which

is

agreeable

enough

;

the

people

of

the

country

are

so

used

to

it,

that

even

the

poorest

use

it

once

a

day,

when

they

rise

in

the

morning."

Frezier

gives

us

an

illustration

of

MaU

drinking,

in