[36] If they are not extremely well made, by a superior workman--and of seasoned Wood,--they are of little or no use. [37] "_Cold_ Drink is an enemy to Concoction, and the parent of Crudities."--_Essay on Warm Beer_, 8vo. p. 15. [38] To make BEEF TEA.--Cut a pound of lean gravy Meat into thin slices,--put it into a quart and half a pint of cold water, set it over a gentle fire where it will become gradually warm--when the scum rises catch it, cover the saucepan close, and let it continue boiling for about two hours,--skim the fat off, strain it through a sieve or napkin, skim it again--let it stand ten minutes to settle, and then pour off the clear Tea. To make half a pint of _Beef Tea_ in five minutes for three halfpence, see (No. 252),--and to make good _Mutton Broth_ for nothing, (No. 490), of _the third Edition_ of the "COOK'S ORACLE." N.B. An Onion, and a few grains of Black Pepper, are sometimes added. If the meat is boiled till it is thoroughly tender, mince it, and pound it as directed in (No. 503) OF THE COOK'S ORACLE, and you may have a dish of _Potted Beef_ for the trouble of making it. [39] Brandy and _Liqueur_ Merchant, No. 2, Colonnade, Pall Mall. [40] Thermometers intended to give the temperature of Rooms, should be so placed as to be equally removed from the radiant heat of the Fire--and from currents of Air from the Door. Out of Doors they should be in a northern situation, sheltered from Sunshine, or reflected Heat, &c. [41] The following _Observations_ on Clothing, are copied from the life of John Stewart, the Traveller, printed for Egerton, 1813, p. 9.--"I clothed myself at all times very warm, and by buttoning and unbuttoning I could accommodate to the sudden change of climate and season, and preserved thereby that equilibre of the secretions and excrements on which Health and Life depends; for clothing forms a factitious heat, as a substitute to the muscular heat, declining with age or sickness; on which action of heat vitality and all the other functions of vital organism depend." [42] THE BEST SLIPPERS are a pair of old shoes--_the worst_, those of plaited cloth--which make the feet tender--and are a hotter covering for them in the House--than you give them when you go out. [43] "Only Fools and Beggars suffer from Cold, the latter not being able to procure sufficient clothes, the former not having the sense to wear them."--BOERHAAVE. [44] "Narrow sleeves are a very great check on the muscular exercise of the Arms--the Waistcoat, in its present fashionable form, may be very properly termed a strait one. The Waistcoat should be long enough to cover the breeches two or three inches all round. The wrists and knees, but more particularly the latter, are braced with ligatures, or tight buttoning; and the Legs, which require the utmost freedom of motion, are secured into leathern cases or Boots--though the wearer perhaps is never mounted on Horseback.