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The Spanish provinces have even taught us the fact that these liquors are capable of beiug kept till they have attained a considerable age. EgjTpt,77 too, has invented for its use a very similar beve  rage made from corn; indeed, in no part of the world is drunkenness ever at a loss. THE SPANISH PROVINCES HAVE EVEN TAUGHT US THE FACT THAT THESE LIQUORS ARE CAPABLE OF BEING KEPT TILL THEY HAVE ATTAINED A CONSIDERABLE AGE EGYPT TOO HAS INVENTED FOR ITS USE A VERY SIMILAR BEVERAGE MADE FROM CORN INDEED IN NO PART OF THE WORLD IS DRUNKENNESS EVER AT A LOSS
h ivy, a golden goblet in his hand, and dressed like Bacchus, by which title he ordered himself to be addressed. Vol. III. 1' 274 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY. [Book XIY. this book of his, from which we have no great difficulty in coming to the conclusion, that drunk as he already was with the blood of his fellow-citizens, the only result was that he thirsted for it all the more. Tor, in fact, such is the infallible characteristic of drunkenness, the more a person is in the habit of drinking, the more eager he is for drink ; and the remark of the Scythian ambassador is as true as it is well known— the more the Parthians drank, the thirstier they were for it. CHAP. 29. LIQUORS WITH THE STRENGTH OE WINE MADE FROM WATER AND CORN. The people of the Western world have also their intoxi- cating drinks, made from corn steeped in water.76 These beverages are prepared in different ways throughout Gaul and the provinces 'of Spain; under different names, too, though in their results they are the same.  MY THINKING HOW MANY WERE THE EVILS HE HAD INFLICTED UPON THE WORLD THROUGH THIS SAME VICE OF DRUNKENNESS IT WAS BUT A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM THAT HE VOMITED FORTH THIS BOOK OF HIS FROM WHICH WE HAVE NO GREAT DIFFICULTY IN COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT DRUNK AS HE ALREADY WAS WITH THE BLOOD OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS THE ONLY RESULT WAS THAT HE THIRSTED FOR IT ALL THE MORE FOR IN FACT SUCH IS THE INFALLIBLE CHARACTERISTIC OF DRUNKENNESS THE MORE A PERSON IS IN THE HABIT OF DRINKING THE MORE EAGER HE IS FOR DRINK AND THE REMARK OF THE SCYTHIAN AMBASSADOR IS AS TRUE AS IT IS WELL KNOWN THE MORE THE PARTHIANS DRINK THE THIRSTIER THEY WERE FOR IT CHAPTER TWENTY NINE LIQUORS WITH THE STRENGTH OF WINE MADE FROM WATER AND CORN THE PEOPLE OF THE WESTERN WORLD HAVE ALSO THEIR INTOXICATING DRINKS MADE FROM CORN STEEPED IN WATER THESE BEVERAGES ARE PREPARED IN DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGHOUT GAUL AND THE PROVINCES OF SPAIN UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES TOO THOUGH IN THEIR RESULTS THEY ARE THE SAME
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