420 DRAM DRINKING ARTICLES USED. 



if you knew what you swallowed to destroy your 

 brains, and to prey on your very vitals, the most de- 

 praved of you would be deterred from it ; at least re- 

 flect on the infatuation of the deadly draughts com- 

 posed of spirits from the feints and refuse of all other 

 spirits, and only undergoing one simple process of 

 distillation to which are added oil of vitriol or 

 sulphuric acid, oil of turpentine, oil of juniper, oil of 

 cassia, oil of carraways, oil of almonds, sulphuric 

 aether, extract of orice root, extract of angelica, 

 extract of capsicum, or extract of grains of paradise ; 

 sugar, rum, sour cider, and lime water. This mixture 

 is sold under the name of cheap gin ! 



" Brandy and rum are also manufactured by these 

 cheap sellers, especially that called British brandy; 

 which is composed of spirits of wine, vinegar, orice- 

 root, raisins, and vitriol, flavoured by the brandy 

 bitter, prepared by infusing in rectified spirits, cassia, 

 carraway, camomile flowers, bitter orange peel, 

 Indian berry, and other deleterious drugs : or 

 cherry-laurel water, instead of the brandy bitters, 

 which is more potent, but highly pernicious and poi- 

 sonous. To give a kernel flavour and a hot pungent 

 taste, the following are used extracts of capsicum and 

 grains of paradise for colour, burnt sugar, and other 

 nastiness. Rum is adulterated with similar compo- 

 sitions, with the addition of ales, porter, and shrub, to 

 give it the particular taste and flavour of old Jamaica ; 

 very low-priced Leeward Island rum, and plain recti- 

 fied spirits, forming the base of this unwholesome 

 drink. Hollands, whiskey, cordials, and compounds, 

 are all made up in the same disgraceful way. Wine, 



