Of Dritibf in General. 
they are extracted or prepared ; that he 
may obferve how induftrious the Inhabi¬ 
tants of this Globe have been in every part 
thereof, (as it were by an univerlal con- 
fent) in (earching into the feveral natures 
of Plants and Fruits, to exhauft their Blood 
and Tinftures, to gratifie their Gufts, and 
pleafe their Fancies; that from the moft 
remote American , to the extreameft Ajtatt , 
they feem to accord in this. That that Li¬ 
quor, out of whatfoever (alubrious Matter 
extracted, which will moft intoxicate, is 
to be highly efteemed of; which in every 
Country in the World, either fome Root, 
Plant , Fruit , or Grain will yield , if by 
humane Art it be rightly prepared. 
S E C T. I. 
Drink* made of the Sap of Trees . 
The Palm-wine is made of the Sap of the 
Palm-tree ; which the Africans and Afians 
extratt, either by plucking off the Flower, 
and fattening a Pot to the end of the Sprig 
into which the Liquour will diftil ; or by 
boring a hole in the Tree, and hanging a 
Pot under the fame to receive it: which in 
the EaB-lndies they call Sura, in colour 
