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354
DRINKS.
inebriation,
as
that
of
drinking
beer
or
other
alcoholic
liquor,
it
is
questionable
whether
any
advantage
is
gained
by
this
supersession.
The
properties
of
the
Saratoga
water,
situated
some
seven
miles
from
that
of
Ballston,
are
also
of
a
very
remarkable
nature.
They
abound
to
such
an
extent
in
a
species
of
gas,
that
we
are
told
a
very
nice
sort
of
breakfast
bread
is
baked
from
them
instead
of
yeast.
The
Romans
considered
warm
water
an
agreeable
drink
at
the
conclusion
of
the
chief
repast of
the
day.
This
may
explain
why
Julius
Caesar
was
always
taken
ill
after
dinner.
Many
drinks
are
derived
from
animals,
either
wholly
as
milk
and
blood,
or
from
animals
and
vegetables
in
common,
as
oil.
It
is
said that
there
are
people
here
in
England
who
like
—
so
strange
is
the
diversity
of
tastes
—
draught
of
oil
from
the
liver
of
a
cod
as
much
as
an
Esquimaux
approves
of
a
draught
of
the
oil
of
a
por-
poise
or
a
seal.
Of
milk
a
large
catalogue
of drinks
can
be
reckoned.
First,
there
are
the
different
kinds
of
milk
of
different
animals,
as
the
milk
of
asses,
of
women,
of
goats,
of
cows,
of sheep,
of
reindeers,
of
camels,
of
sows,
and
of
mares.
Then
it
may
be
swallowed
as
it
is
drawn,
or
in
the
form
of
whey,
or
curdled.
Ghee
is
a
common
favourite
throughout
all
India.
It
is
a
stale
butter
clarified
by
boiling
and
straining,
and
then
set
to
cool,
when
it
remains
in
a
semi-liquid
or
oily
state,
and
is
used
in
cooking,
or
is
drunk
by
the
natives.
In
milk-beer,
milk
is
substituted
for
water.
Kef
is