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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 8, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 7, 1804July 9, 1804July 8, 1804 8th of July Sunday Set out early this morning, the Sick man much better, Serjt. Oddeway was waiting at a…

Brewer's: Brick-tea

The inferior leaves of the tea-plant mixed with sheep's blood and pressed into cubes; the ordinary drink of the common people south of Moscow. “The Tartars swill a horrible gruel, thick…

Brewer's: Naraka

The hell of the Hindus. It has twenty-eight divisions, in some of which the victims are mangled by ravens and owls; in others they will be doomed to swallow cakes boiling hot, or walk over…

Brewer's: Morgiana

The clever, faithful, female slave of Ali Baba, who pries into the forty jars, and discovers that every jar, but one, contains a man. She takes oil from the only one containing it, and,…

Brewer's: Pot of Hospitality

(The). The pot au feu which in Ireland used to be shared with anyone who dropped in at mealtimes, or required refreshment. “And the `pot of hospitality' was set to boil upon the fire, and…

Brewer's: Kettle of Fish

A fête-champêtre in which salmon is the chief dish provided. In these pic-nics, a large caldron being provided, the party select a place near a salmon river. Having thickened some water…
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