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in a fupereminent degree. At Conftantinople, 
where the ufe of {trong liquors is wifely prohibited, 
the Turkifh porters, whofe only liquor is water or 
lemonade, are obferved to perform their laborious’ 
tafk with alacrity, and with firm ftep to fuftain 
burthens under which our dram-drinking porters 
would reel and ftagger. 
The brave foldiers under the Roman republic, 
whofe drink confifted of vinegar and water alone, 
traverfed various climates in marching and fighting 
beneath a heavy load of armour. Yet they nobly 
fuftained their fatigue, and even conquered the 
world, without the miferable aid of fpirituous li- 
guors. But it is obfervable, that when afterwards 
they became enervated by luxury and intemperance, 
they fell in their turn, an eafy prey to the more rude 
and barbarous nations. 
What has hitherto been advanced againft the 
general abufe of {pirits, is not to be underftood as 
applicable to their w/e. Nor is it fo much my 
object to move the paffions of my readers, as to 
convince their judgment. 
According to its ufe, a poifon may be converted 
into a medicine, and a medicine intoa poifon. Genuine 
{pirit, when converted into punch, affords a gene- 
rous cordial, and is certainly preferable to the adul- 
terated wines that are but too commonly vended. 
Here the fpirit properly diluted with water, and 
tempered with a due proporticn of the acid of the 
fruit, 
