734 : MEALS MEDICINAL. 
not, that composed the antiquated slop in which she dealt. 
Vessels holding the separate ingredients stood on a white-clothed 
table of boards and trestles close by. This was very well so 
far for furmity, as nourishing, and as proper a food as could be 
obtained within the four seas; though to those not accustomed 
to it, the grains of wheat, swollen as large as lemon-pips, which 
floated on its suriace might have a deterrent effect at first. But 
there was more in that tent than met a cursory glance! By 
closely watching the hag’s proceedings might be seen the game 
which she played. With a wink from an observant member of 
the company his basin was passed up, in reply to her nod ; when 
she took a bottle from under the table, and slily measuring out 
a certain quantity of its contents, tipped the same into the man’s 
furmity. The liquor poured-in was rum; the man as slily sent 
back money in payment.” 
WHELK «and WINKLE. (See Oyster), 
WHEY. (See Mixx). 
Ir contains nearly all the phosphates of the new milk, from 
which it is obtained after the curd has been abstracted. Pepys 
drank it at the New Exchange, June 7th, 1665, “ With much 
entreaty getting it for our money, and they would not be entreated 
to let us have one glasse more.” 
WHISKY. (And see Auconot). 
A pistinctTion should be made, for any medicinal purposes, 
between malt whisky and grain whisky. Most of what is usually 
supplied is probably a blend of the two. Good Whisky for 
helping the invalid should be that which has been made from 
malted barley; it should not be less than two years old, and 
bearing a flavour which is not disagreeable. By being kept in 
the wood it grows mellow, and the harsher the taste when young 
the more full-flavoured the whisky when mature. In the United 
States, whisky is now chiefly distilled from corn and rye. The 
spirit is almost colourless at first, but becomes darker by age, or 
more frequently from being kept in sherry casks. Grain whisky 
is made in England from a mixture of barley, rye, and maize, 
_ and is distilled by steam, so that much of the flavour is lost in 
