Chap. XIV. 
PROPERTIES OF TEA. 
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then somewhat like fish's eyes, and lastly it boils up like 
pearls innumerable, springing and waving about. This 
is the way to boil the water." 
The same author gives the names of six different 
kinds of tea, all of which are in high repute. As their 
names are rather flowery, I quote them for the reader's 
amusement They are these : the " first spring tea,'' the 
" white dew," the " coral dew," the " dewy shoots," the 
" money shoots," and the " rivulet garden tea." 
" Tea," says he, " is of a cooling nature, and, if drunk 
too freely, will produce exhaustion and lassitude ; country 
people before drinking it add ginger and salt to coun- 
teract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful 
plant ; cultivate it, and the benefit will be widely spread ; 
drink it, and the animal spirits will be lively and clear. 
The chief rulers, dukes, and nobility esteem it ; the 
lower people, the poor and beggarly, will not be 
destitute of it ; all use it daily, and like it." Another 
author upon tea says that "drinking it tends to clear 
away all impurities, drives off drowsiness, removes or 
prevents headache, and it is universally in high 
esteem." 
