Home Office, reception of publicans and ministers of religion compared, 250. Homer, mention of wine by, 79, 80. Honey, fermented drink from (mead), made by the Romans, 90. ancient Germans, 104, and _note_ 3. English in Middle Ages, 132, 133. Horns and gourds, the first drinking vessels, 24. Hospital, temperance, 233. Hospitaller (guest-master), duties of, 141. Hospitality of mediæval Germany, 104. Anglo-Saxons, 122. mediæval monasteries, 140. mistaken, in Ireland last century, 167. _Hura_, an ancient Persian drink, 50. Hydromeli, Roman, 90. I India, drinking in, in the Middle Ages, 43. native arrack of, 43. sobriety of natives of, 43, 44, 46. saturnalia of modern, 44, 45. indifference of Englishmen to welfare of, 47. former drunkenness in the English army of, 47, 48. Indians, drinking amongst North American, 8, 207. of the River Plate, drunkenness of, 202. corruption of North American, by whites, 207. present condition of American, 208. Indra, supposed drinking habits of the god, 35, 37, 38, 39. Insanity and drunkenness, 191. Installations of bishops, drinking at, 137. Instinct for drink, Richardson on, 2. in children, 2, 3. in domesticated and feral animals, 2. Darwin on, 2. conclusions concerning, 11, 234, 257. Intoxicating drinks of Africa, 4-7. of Tartary, 15. of ancient China, 19, 23, 25. of modern China, 29-31. of the Aryans (Soma), 36. (Sura), 39. (other drinks), 41, 42. of modern India, 43, 44. forbidden by Mahomet, 53. of the ancient Persians (Homa and Hura), 50, 51. of the Koran, 53. of mediæval Persia, 54. of the ancient Hebrews, 61. and religion, 69. of the ancient Egyptians, 72, 73. of ancient Rome and Greece, 78, 86, 87, 89, 90. of ancient Germany, 103. of mediæval Germany, 108. of mediæval England, 132, 133. European, alcoholic table of, 160. of various nations (verses on), 166. of the Argentine Republic, Caña, one of the, 202. native, of the Indians of the River Plate, and South Sea Islands, 203. preparation of Cava, an, 203. of the United States, 205, 213. in the United States, not to be obtained in certain places, 209. not often seen on dinner tables, 212. not often used in families, 214. restrictions on sale of, in Maine, 216. New Hampshire, 217. Massachusetts, 217. New Jersey, 217. other States, 217, 218. no restrictions on sale of, in Nevada, 218. secretly sold at Portland, Maine, 219. used as a medicine in ancient Rome, 84, 86. opinions concerning their use as a medicine in modern times, 231, 232. in surgery, 233. enjoyable nature of some, 234. nauseating character of other, 235. love of, in all ages, 234-237. Iron-moulders, changed habits of, 185. J