Parts, I call sulphureous, which the _Persians_ also dissipate, by an artificial toasting, from the Seeds _Bon_, or _Ban_, conveyed to them from _Egypt_. Thus, the celebrated _Hoffman_, only differs from me in Words, but not in Sentiments. The same also holds true of _Chocolate_. I, therefore, conclude, that all these Substances are of a drying Quality, on account of their sulphureous Parts. I would, therefore, advise all _Europeans_ to have a due Regard to these Things, to preserve Youth by moistening Substances, and prevent old Age, which is brought on before its due Time, by Means of these drying and sulphureous Commodities; though, at the same time, I do not prohibit the Use of moderately hot Substances. Let no one condemn me for making Repetitions; since it is a Maxim, not only of Policy, but also of common Humanity, _That the Safety of the People, is, of all other Laws, the most essential and important._ If, therefore, an immense Reward was bestowed on the Man who preserved a single _Roman_ Citizen, I may, certainly, hope for Indulgence, when, by repeated Expostulations, I attempt to preserve all _Europe_, by perswading its Inhabitants not to exchange our own salutary Regimen, for that of the _Asiatics_, and _Chinese_, by following their Custom of _Tea_-Drinking. _Martinus Martinius_, indeed, in his Preface to his _Atlas Siniticus_, greatly extols the _Chinese_ Regimen, in the following Manner: "Their Drinks, says he, whether prepared with Water, Wine, or Rice, must always be warm; they macerate their _Tea_ in particular in boiling Water, which they drink as hot as they can bear. When I was accustomed to this Regimen, I commended the _Chinese_, and condemned the _Europeans_, who are so fond of drinking cold Liquors; for, in _China_, the Inhabitants, by drinking their Liquors warm, both extinguish Thirst, and so dissipate the redundant Humours, that they hardly ever spit; nor are they afflicted with Crudities of the Stomach, as the _Europeans_ are: They have also fewer, and less violent Diseases; neither are the Stone, the Gout in the Hands and Feet, and other similar Disorders, known among them." But these Things happened to _Martinius_, in _China_, and not in _Europe_. Nor shall he ever perswade me, to change the _European_, for the _Indian_ Regimen. Since, according to _Martinius_ himself, some of the Inhabitants of that Country, on account of the _Pythagorean_ Doctrine, of the Transmigration of Souls, religiously abstain from Flesh, and think, ----_Scelus est in Viscere Viscera Condi, Congestoq; Avidum pinguescere Corpore Corpus, Alterusq; Animantem Animantis vivero Letho._