the good
Qualities of the Kernels; it is so temperate, that it may be taken at
all Times, and by all Ages, in Summer as well as in Winter, without
fearing the least Inconveniency: Whereas _Chocolate_ season'd with
_Vanilla_, and other hot and biting Ingredients, cannot but be very
pernicious, especially in Summer, to young People, and to dry
Constitutions. The Glass of cold Water that they have introduced to
drink before it, or after it, only serves to palliate the Effects for a
Time; for the Heat that attends it, will manifest itself in the Blood
and _Viscera_, when the Water is drain'd off and gone, by the ordinary
ways.

In the fourth place, a Dish is so cheap, as not to come to above a
Penny. If Tradesmen and Artizans were once aware of it, there are few
who would not take the Advantage of so easy a Method of Breakfasting so
agreeably, at so small a Charge, and to be well supported till
Dinner-time, without taking any other Sustenance, Solid or Liquid.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Or rather grate it with a flat Grater, when the Cakes are so dry
that they will not be so easily scraped with a Knife.

[2] Because if it was in a Lump, it would weigh more than double the
Quantity of scraped Chocolate.

[3] The oily Parts of the Chocolate would not readily unite with the
aqueous or watry Parts of the Liquor, without the Intervention of the
Egg, which serves as a common Bond, without which this Drink would not
have a good Head.

[4] The Proportion of Liquor should be about eight Ounces, or half a
Pint, to one Ounce of Chocolate.

SECT. II.

Of the Uses that may be made of Chocolate with relation to Medicine.

I have always imagined it would be a very great Advantage to Physick, if
Medicines could be administred to sick People under an agreeable Form,
and a familiar Taste; and the Artifice itself of giving any thing under
the appearance and name of something that is delicate, is not without
its Benefit: People afflicted with Distempers, have enough to do to
support their Pains, without the Inconveniency of distastful Remedies;
however, it would be no small matter to spare them the Aversion they
have to every thing that is called a Medicine; and when there is a
Necessity for such, Chocolate may serve for very proper Diet, and an
excellent Vehicle, wherein to take a Medicine at the same time.

These have been my Thoughts for some Time, and I can affirm that a happy
Success has often confirm'd my Opinion. I could wish tha