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FAMILIAR as we all are with 

 Coffee as a beverage, yet com- 

 paratively how few of us ever 

 imagine that its history can be 

 found to possess any particular 

 r I interest, or deserve any especial 

 notice. We sip the aromatic draught 

 when athirst, and derive from it a sense 

 of renewed vigor w r hen aweary ; but when 

 is our curiosity provoked, or prompted 

 ^-s" to inquire, as to who was the benefactor 



that first discovered its virtues, where it first grew, and by 

 what curious process or manipulation we derive the deli- 



