The so-called rum was often inferior arrackdeadliest of spiritswith which the Sydney of those days poisoned the Pacific.

Teach, them, as faithfully as you do the truths of the Bible, that rum is a fiend.

The rum, the guns, the utensils and the gewgaws were irresistible temptations.

"Rum is the scourge of our American civilization," remarked Eustace, warmly.

Rum and claret were eight shillings a gallon each, port and Madeira ten and twelve respectively.