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below the foot of the urn into the flat plinth on which 

 it stands, and to which it is united. 



The Fig. 5, Plate XIII., represents an urn with two 

 long spouts which serve at the same time as handles. 

 Its size is such as would be proper for making either 

 one or two cups of coffee. The strainer which is re- 

 presented by dotted lines is of a proper size for making 

 two cups. 



Both these urns are destined to be heated over spirit 

 lamps or small portable furnaces. 



It is hardly necessary that I should observe that, in 

 case the forms of either of these urns should be thought 

 inelegant, their sizes may without any difficulty be con- 

 siderably augmented ; but when spouts are used with 

 large urns they occasion a good deal of inconvenience. 



As coffee is very wholesome and may be afforded 

 at a very low price, especially in countries which have 

 colonies where the climate is proper for growing it, 

 many public advantages would be derived from the 

 general introduction of it among all classes of society. 



One most important advantage, which on a superfi- 

 cial view of the subject is not very obvious, would most 

 probably be derived from it. As coffee possesses in 

 a high degree an exhilarating quality, it would in some 

 measure supply the place of spirituous liquors among 

 the lower classes of the people. 



Those who work hard stand in need of something to 

 cheer and comfort them ; and it is greatly to be lamented 

 that the strong liquors now used for that purpose are 

 not only very unwholesome and permanently debili- 

 tating both to the mind and the body, but that their 

 operation is accompanied by a peculiar species of mad- 

 ness which renders those who are under the influence 



