A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits . as, for the most part, either on a commanding eminence, inthe centre of a bog, or in a well-secured fastness ; but always calcu-lated to prevent the identity oftownland or proprietorship, while the portability and easy removal
A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits . as, for the most part, either on a commanding eminence, inthe centre of a bog, or in a well-secured fastness ; but always calcu-lated to prevent the identity oftownland or proprietorship, while the portability and easy removal of the apparatus rendered the discoveryand seizure of those stills difficult and hazardous. On the approachof a stranger, an alarm was given either by deputing a messenger orsounding a horn, while the machinery was removed, and the potalealways destroyed or conveyed into receptacles under ground preparedfor such exigencies. Thus the still-hunter was often disappointed ofhis expected prize, the poor distiller put to the loss of many a brewing,and the excise officer rendered the object of the hatred and vindictivefeeling of the unreflecting peasantry. The subjoined engraving represents a distillery of this descriptionat full work, with a party of police approaching to seize it, while twopeasants may be seen on the rocks, sounding their horns to alarm The fines on townlands having been abolished, it was found neces-sary to adopt some other measure to put down illicit distillation-recourse was, therefore, had to a Revenue Police, the Excise officershaving too much other business to attend to, and the difficulty andexpense of procuring regular military assistance being almost insur-mountable. Accordingly, a Revenue Police was established in 1822,and was gradually augmented in proportion to the exigency of theservice. In 1826, this force amounted to thirty-two parties; in 676 January, 1833, to fifty-seven parties, and in the present year toseventy parties—amounting1
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