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we always took along with us a pint of 

 brandy, the whole of which we ufed to 

 drink, without experiencing even the 

 flighteft degree of intoxication. And he has 

 frequently remarked to me, that ftrong li- 

 quors would, by no means, v intoxicate a 

 perfon fo foon upon the mountains, as they 

 would below. 



After I had feen Mr. Warner's account, 

 I was at Beddgelert, and enquired of Wil- 

 liam Lloyd, the fchoolmafter there, who 

 had attended him as guide, and from whom 

 he faid he received the information, as to the 

 truth of it. The man told me, that he 

 certainly recolledled having informed Mr* 

 Warner, that it was a very dangerous thing 

 for a perfon to be intoxicated upon the 

 mountains, the truth of which is fuf- 

 fkiently evident. But fo far was this man 

 from thinking, that a fingle glafs of fpirits 

 would produce any ill effects, that I was 

 fometime afterwards one in a party of five, 



wheu 



