Among the less known varieties of beer must be mentioned the following: Anon is a peculiar kind of beer formerly used in Great Britain and still used in Germany. Instead of only malt being used, it is made of malt and wheat, to which some brewers add oats and bran-meal. It is neither so wholesome nor so agreeable as common ale or beer. In South America the Indians prepared and drank a beer made from corn, and known as chica, or maize beer, long be fore the Spanish conquest. The process followed in making ehica is similar to that of beer brew ing. The maize is moistened with water, al lowed partially to germinate, and dried in the sun. The maize malt so prepared is bruised, treated with warm water, and set aside until the fermentation is over. The chica or maize beer has a yellow color and a pleasant acid taste. In the valleys of tile Sierra the maize malt is chewed between the teeth by the Indians and members of their households, and the chewed morsel, incorporated with the saliva. is put in jars with hot water, when the fermentation pro ceeds more rapidly than before, and a more highly prized beer is obtained. The chica is also
made from barley, rice, peas, manioca, pineapples, and grapes. The Crim Tatars prepare a beer from millet-seed, called bouvr, or millet beer. The same seed is used in Sikkim, on the southern slopes of the lower Himalayas, and yields bee• there called in urea. The Arabians. Abyssinians, and many African tribes employ teff, the seeds of Poe Abyssinica, and millet-seed as sources of beer. The Russians prepare a beer from rye called kyass, or rye beer. The Tatars ferment ed milk into kounass, or milk beer. The Ara bians used the milk to yield their Wan, and the Turks to produce their yaourt. In the north of Scotland, the Orkneys, and some parts of Ire land, buttermilk, or sour milk, is allowed to stand till fermentation begins, and an intoxicat ing liquor results. The South Sea Islanders pre pare a beer from the root of Macropiper methys tienin, or the intoxicating long pepper, which is called ace.