Mr. Garland, having benefited so much by the substitution of tea for beer, was naturally anxious that other farmers should follow his example, and urged them to "let the additional wages be given to the full value of the beer; let the tea be good, and made with care in the field, not sent out from the house, or there will not be enough; be sure that it is always within the reach of every labourer, without stint. See to this yourself: trust it to no one; beer has many friends. Be firm in carrying out the change, and it will be a source of great satisfaction to you and to your labourers, with very little trouble and at no extra expense." The late Sir Philip Rose testified that the men on his farm "were in better condition at the conclusion of the day, less stupid and sullen, and certainly much better fitted the next morning to resume their labours, than with the old system of beer." It would be easy to multiply extracts, but enough has been said to prove the benefit of tea over alcohol, whether in marching or fighting, cricketing or sculling, cycling or mowing. We may add that cold tea is considered by many writers on the subject one of the most refreshing and satisfactory summer drinks, provided it be not spoiled by the addition of milk and sugar. It ought to be made early in the day, and left to stand in a stone jar until thoroughly cool, and should then be flavoured, in the Russian fashion, with slices of fresh lemon. CHAPTER VI. TEA AS A STIMULANT. Rum-punch and poets--Alcohol as a stimulant--The king of the tea-drinkers--Dr. Johnson's teapot--Jonas Hanway's attack--Eloquence inspired by tea-drinking--A delightful tea-story--An absent-minded poet--George Dyer's breakfast-party--An empty cupboard--Hazlitt a prodigious tea-drinker--Barry Cornwall disgusted with Hazlitt's teetotal principles--Wordsworth's love of sugar in his tea--Testimony of other authors--Tea as a tonic--Tea denounced--Tea at St. Stephen's--Lord Palmerston, Mr. Gladstone, and M. Clemenceau quoted--Hartley Coleridge's poem on tea.