2 Metaphors for gallon

If my reader has been inveigled into reading the foregoing details, and has got bored thereby, a gallon of Croton water is an admirable antidote; but, as that may not be available, I would suggest a cobbler, and another page or two; the latter upon the principle adopted by indiscreet drinkers, of "taking a hair of the dog that bit them.

Two gallons a day is not an uncommon consumption with men who swing the scythe or reaping-hook.

2 Metaphors for  gallon