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1846.  A kind of beverage very common among mountaineers. It is prepared by the following simple process, viz: with one pint of water mix one-fourth gill of buffalo-gall, and you will then have before you a wholesome and exhilarating drink.—Rufus B. Sage, ‘Scenes in the Rocky Mountains,’ p. 132 (Phila.).

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