Excerpt from Old-World Scotland: Glimpses of Its Modes and MannersDE quincey, who has some claims as an authority on intoxicants, has Opined that our northern climates have universally the taste latent, if not developed, for powerful liquors. He may be right, but, as a matter of fact, the taste has developed very slowly. In early times it prevailed chie¿y in climates Where the grape was grown, or in latitudes Where bang and Similar brews fired the savage breast. Moreover, once a race has made choice of its liquor, it clings thereto with a more than superstitious tenacity, and may be induced to change even its.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.