Beer, of ancient Egypt, 74. of ancient Germans, 103. various kinds of, in mediæval Germany, 108 and _note_. Erfurt, praised by Rudolph of Hapsburg, 111. table of alcoholic strength of, 160. light, considered a temperance drink by Committee on Maine Law in Massachusetts, 222. adulterated with salt in England, 249. _Bengueh_, a drink of mediæval Persia, 54. Beni-Hassan, monuments of, 73. Benson, Bishop, on drunkenness and crimes in the eighteenth century, 164. Bhang, or Bang, a narcotic drug of modern India, 44. Bid-ales, 134, 136. Bloxam on alcoholic strength of liquors, 159. Boiler-makers, improved drinking habits of the, 183. Bolag, the Gothenburg, 198. Bond, Major, his statistics of intemperance in Birmingham, 179. on treatment of “quiet drunkards,” 180. Boston (Massachusetts), drinking in, 210. establishment of antidotes to intemperance in, 210. failure of Maine Law in, 220, _note_, and 221. regulated licensing in, 222. inebriate asylum in, 227. Boswell, Sir Alex., on Scotch drinking in the eighteenth century, 166. Bouza, a Nubian drink, 4. Brahmans, sacred hymns of, 34. intemperance of, 35-39. drinks forbidden to the, 41. punishments of, for drunkenness, 42. Brehm, on the drinking propensities of certain apes, 3. Bride-ales, 134. Bridgett, Rev. T. E., on penalties for drunkenness amongst mediæval priests, 114, 120. apology for drunkenness of Anglo-Saxon Monks, 123. on an agreement to hold “ales,” 135. on drinking amongst monks of the Middle Ages, 140. on canons against drunkenness amongst priests, 148. an old poem, quoted, on drinks of all nations, 166. Brooke, on Roundheads and Cavaliers, 150. Buckingham, J. S., on former crime and pauperism in the United States, 206. on the ill-treatment of Red Indians in the United States, 207. Buddhism, and total abstinence, 27, 28. and mendicancy, 28. Burns, Rev. D., statistics quoted, 160, 182, 183, 197. on temperance societies, 240, 241. C Cabbage, a supposed antidote to drunkenness, 75. _Calix_, a Roman drinking-vessel, 91. Caine, W. S., account of his visit to Portland (Maine), 219. a temperance meeting in Bangor (Maine), 220. Boston under “prohibition,” 220, _note_. his views on American liquor legislation, 219, 220 and _note_. California, crimes in, 211. “The Alta” quoted, 211. Campanius, Antonius, reports the state of drunkenness in mediæval Germany to the Pope, 112. _Cannabis sativa_ (the hemp plant), where used, 45, 51. Canvass of working men concerning restriction of hours of drink in Liverpool, 187. Carnegie on former Swedish intemperance, 195, 196. on Swedish licensing, 198. Casks, enormous, of Germany, 113. worth more than the wine (sixteenth century), 113. Causes of drunkenness considered, 229-239, 257.