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—a change highly .important both in a 
moral ahd physical point of view. These 
beverages 'have the admirable advantage 
of affording stimulus without producing 
intoxication, or any of its evil consequen¬ 
ces. Lovers of tea or coffee are, in fact, 
rarely drinkers ; and hence the use of these 
beverages has benefited both manners and 
morals”—( Scotsman , 17th of October, 1877 ) 
So early as 1710, the famous Latin poet 
Vanierius described the preparation and 
eulogised the virtues of coffee. 
-<■«' HIo rnedicamine vates 
Ingenium emendct, laetusque intacta resumot 
Catmina ; nec fontus allios, quibus ora poetas 
Proluerint, fluxisse solo male credet Achivo.” 
Lib xi. p. 272. ed. 3774. 
Supply and Consumption of Coffee.—Ow¬ 
ing to the increasing consumption of Cof¬ 
fee iu this country, the Continent, and Ame¬ 
rica, the great value of the article, the 
large amount of capital and labour em¬ 
ployed in its production, and the shipping 
required for its transport, it has become 
a commodity of primary commercial im¬ 
portance. It deserves particular attention, 
too, inasmuch as there are few, if anv\ 
articles that exhibit such variations, not 
only as to consumption, but also as to 
growth and price. These are occasioned 
partly by changes of commercial regula¬ 
tions and duties, and partly, also, by the 
