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AN ESSAY

ON THE

INVENTIONS AND CUSTOMS

OF

BOTH ANCIENTS AND MODERNS

IN THE USE OF

INEBRIATING LIQUORS.

INTERSPERSED WITH

Interesting Anecdotes,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MANNERS AND HABITS OF THE

PRINCIPAL NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

WITH

:AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE EXTENT AND PRACTICE

OF

DISTILLATION,

BOTH AS IT RELATES TO COMMERCE AND AS A SOURCE

OF NATIONAL INCOME:

COMPRISING

MUCH CURIOUS INFORMATION RESPECTING THE APPLICATION

AND PROPERTIES OF SEVERAL PARTS OF THE

VEGETABLE KINGDOM.

BY SAMUEL MOREWOOD,

SURVEYOR OF EXCISE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1824.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.