Its coldness agrees not with my stomach, and I prefer the distillation of our northern hills to the juice of the grapes of the sunny south.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
Then MacArthur was taken ill, Bligh called upon him, and a peaceful aspect of affairs came over the land, which lasted until early in 1807. Bligh, in accordance with his special instructions, had issued an order by which the distillation of spirits was prohibited, and the seizure of any apparatus employed in such process enjoined.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
Delicate indeed was the fragrance which did not yield itself to a few minutes of this distillation.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe