A. N.

_Specimens of Foreign English_ (Vol. iii. _passim._).--I have copied the

following from the label on a bottle of _liqueur_, manufactured at

Marseilles by "L. Noilly fils et C^{ie}." The English will be best

understood by being placed in juxtaposition with the original French:

"Le Vermouth

est un vin blanc légèrement amer, parfumé avec des plantes aromatiques

bienfaisantes.

"Cette boisson est tonique, stimulante, fébrifuge et astringente: prise

avec de l'eau elle est apéritive et raffraichissante: elle est aussi un

puissant préservatif contre les fièvres et la dyssenterie, maladies si

fréquentes dans les pays chauds, pour lesquels elle a été

particulièrement composée."

"The Wermouth

is a brightly bitter and perfumed with aromatical and good vegetables

white wine.

"This is tonic, stimulant, febrifuge and costive drinking; mixed with

water it is aperitive, refreshing, and also a powerful preservative of

fivers and bloody-flux; those latters are very usual in warmth

countries, and of course that liquor has just been particularly made up

for that occasion."

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