Gaultheria procumbens. 179. 
(CONOMICAL USE. 
piek Pag As, 
_ The berries of this plant are, as has been already mentioned, : 
exceedingly aromatic and grateful to the taste. Joseph Ball, Esq. , 
has informed me that it is a common practice in. Jersey to infuse 
them in brandy or spirit, for the purpose of making a beverage which 
is taken in small quantities in the same way as common bitters. 
The same gentleman has also informed me, that during the Ameri- 
can revolution, when China tea was scarce, or not procurable, it 
was a common practice to make a tea of the recent or dried leaves of 
the Gaultheria, and after being sweetened with sugar and softened 
with milk or cream, it was drank by many families at breakfast and 
supper, in lieu of common tea or coffee. He says also that it is at 
this time frequently used by the country prog: in Jersey, in the 
- manner just mentioned. 
