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_ But, if we confider what may reafonably be fuppofed to hap- 
pen to thofe who are in the oppofite extreme of health and 
vigour; that is, the tender, delicate, enfeebled, whofe folids are 
debilitated, their blood thin and aqueous, the appetite loft or 
_ depraved, without exercife, or exercifing improperly ; in fhort, 
where the difpofition of the whole frame is altogether oppofite — 
to the inflammatory ; the free and unreftrained ufe of this in- 
fufion, and fuch accompanyments, | muft unavoidably | contribute 
to fink the remains of vital ftrength ftill lower. 
Between thefe two extremes there are many gradations ; and, 
every thing elfe being alike, Tea will in general be found more 
or lefs beneficial or injurious to individuals, in proportion as their 
conftitutions approach nearer to thefe oppofite extremes. To 
defcend into all the particulars would. require. experience and 
allies. more than I can boaft. Suffice it to fay, that, except 
as a medicine, or after creat fatigue, large quantities are feldom 
‘beneficial, nor fhould it ever be drank very hot; and, as hath 
been already mentioned, the finer Tea, the green efpecially, is 
more to be fufpected than the common or middling kinds. 
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