A single draught of it satisfies this craving at once.

Only by deep and long-continued potations can intoxication be produced: the grain being in a minutely divided state, it is a good way of consuming it, and the decoction is very nutritious.

At Tette a measure of beer is exchanged for an equal-sized pot full of grain.

A present of this beer, so refreshing to our dark comrades, was brought to us in nearly every village.

Beer-drinking does not appear to produce any disease, or to shorten life on the hills.