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means of lodging, of covering, of warming him- 

 felf, and of feeding his fheep, his cow, and his 

 horfe ; with it's grain he can compound aliments 

 and liquors of every flavour. The northern Na- 

 tions brew it into beer, and diftil from it flrong 

 waters, more potent than thofe from winej fuch 

 are the diftillations of Dantzick. The Chinefe * 

 extract from rice, a wine as agreeable as the beft 

 wines of Spain. The Brafilians prepare their ouicou 

 with maize. In a word, with oats torrefied, it is 

 poffible to compofe a cream which (hall have the 

 perfume of the vanilla. If .we unite with thefe 

 qualities thofe of the other domeftic plants, mod 

 of which likewife grow all over the Earth, we mall 

 find in them the favour of the clove, of pepper, 

 of other fpiceriesj and without going farther than 

 our own gardens, we mail be able to colled: the 

 delicacies fcattered over the reft; of the vegetable 

 Creation. 



We may diftinguifti, in the barley and the oats, 

 the elementary characters which have been formerly 

 indicated, and which vary the fpecies of plants of 

 the fame genus, in a conformity to the fituations 

 where they are designed to grow. The barley det- 

 uned to dry places has leaves broad and open at 

 their bafe, which convey the rain-water to the root 



* Journey to China, by IJbrand-Ides. 



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