COFFEE, BLACK BROTH

The idea has been suggested in the "Notes and Queries," but I do not know how to refer to the places[3], or recollect what authorities were given. Probably that of Howell was not, as it occurs in a very scarce volume; and, on the chance of its not having been met with by your readers, I send it. It is contained in a letter addressed "To his highly esteemed Friend and Compatriot, Judge Rumsey, upon his *Provang*, or rare pectorall Instrument, and his rare experiments of Cophie and Tobacco." This letter is prefixed to the learned Judge's *Organon Salutis: an Instrument to cleanse the Stomach, as…