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whole voyage and return ; becaufe this wine is 

 ftrong, and preferves its goodnefs in all cli- 

 mates. A quarter of a calk, containing from 

 ten to eleven gallons, cofls forty Swcdifli dol- 

 lars filver, or nearly fifty {hillings iterling. 

 Tinto or Rofa wine is reckoned lefs wholeforae 

 than the white, and is therefore cheaper, 

 llaifins are alfo bought here, and fold in China 

 with great profit. 



Spanish brandy is very ftrong, and may 

 be ufed as fpirit of wine. We gave it every 

 morning to the men, mixed with two-thirds of 

 water, and it was ufed in the punch which 

 we had twice a week at dinner. Befides this, 

 the captain ufually eheared the failors in a 

 (form with punch or brandy. 



The people drink chocolate here in the 

 morning, and fometimes in the afternoon in- 

 ftead of tea. The following is the manner of 

 making chocolate : the chocolate nuts (Tbeo* 

 broma cacao Linn,) are dried and rubbed into 

 a foft pafle on a flat (tone, and fome cinnamon 

 is added during the rubbing. This pafce is 

 made into proper forms, fo that the chocolate*- 

 cakes referable the fiiape of bricks. Such a 

 P 2 piece 



