C 399 I: 



Whether the fubtile poifon of the laurel, which 

 this choice receipt exhibits in a very ample dofe, is 

 rendered wholly inert by boiling, and by being in- 

 vifcated with the other ingredients, has not been 

 determined. Or whether it may not ftill, though 

 in a flight degree, exert a portion of its fpecifick 

 power, fimilar to that of the celebrated laurel water, 

 muft be left to future experience. It comes in fuch 

 a very doubtful form, that I can neither incline to 

 try it myfelf, nor fafely recommend the experiment 

 to others. 



The famous clotted cream of Devonfhire being 

 commonly prepared in hrafs veflels, bears alfo a very 

 fufpicious caft. It has fometimes been obferved to 

 betray a flight metallick tafle, and to excite naufea 

 and vomiting. 



If from the kitchen we fliould dive into the cel- 

 lar, we fliall find that acid vapours are predominant, 

 and that the brafs cocks through which our wine, 

 beer, cyder, and vinegar, are drawn, arc generally 

 difcoloured with verdigris. 



In thefe fubterranean abodes, which are often 

 very damp, the green ruft is often fufFcred to accu- 

 mulate till it overfpreads the external furface of 

 the metallick cock, and would alfo vifibly pervade 



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