certaining the strength of spiritous
liquors, 187

Hyson tea, spurious. See Tea leaves

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Imitation arrack, 196
tea. See Tea leaves
coffee. See Coffee

L

Leaden pumps and water reservoirs, dangerous effects to be apprehended
from them, 62

Lisbon, quantity of spirit which it contains, 94

Lozenges, adulteration of, 236

Lemon acid, adulteration of, 243
method of detecting it, 244

M

Madeira, quantity of brandy which it contains, 94

Malaga, quantity of brandy contained in it, 94

Malt, patent, for colouring porter, 123
disadvantages of, 124
liquors, dangerous adulteration of, 115
strength of different kinds. See Porter, 126
spirits, adulterations of, 197
characteristic flavour, to what owing, 197
nefarious practices of compounding them for sale, 199
false strength, how given, 202
act restricting the strength of it, 197

Meat, salted, should not be preserved in leaden vessels, 258

Milk, improper practice of keeping it in leaden vessels, 257

Mint salad, pernicious custom of preparing it, 258

Multum, a substance employed for adulterating beer, 17
seizures of, at various breweries, 136

Mushroom, poisonous, 246
Catsup, 250

Mustard, adulteration of, 241

O

Oak-wood saw-dust, is used in the manufacture of spurious port wine, 75
in the manufacture of spurious brandy, 194

Orris-root, is used for flavouring insipid wines, 75

Olive oil, contamination of, with lead, and method of detecting it, 239

P

Pickles, contamination of with copper, 219
improper vessels for keeping them, 257

Pepper, black, adulteration of, 211
law in force against it, 213

Poisonous Cheese, 206
Cayenne pepper, 215
catsup, 227
custard, 231
olive oil, 239
mushroom, 246
pickles, 207
soda water, 251

Porter, origin of its name, 121
adulteration of with wormwood, 132
act prohibiting it, 113
average strength of, as furnished to the publican, 126
ditto, as sent out by the retailers, 127
illegal substances for adulterating it, 131
brewers, convicted of adulterating their porter with illegal
ingredients, 151

Porter, frothy head of, how produced, 133
method of ascertaining the strength of different kinds, 160
quantity of alcohol contained in London porter, 162

Port wine, adulteration of, 74

Publicans, prosecuted for adulterating their strong beer with table
beer, 129

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