Ated the accent, and the French the final letter. [Illustration: NATIVE
AMERICAN INDIANS ROASTING AND GRINDING THE BEANS, AND MIXING THE
CHOCOLATE IN A JUG WITH A WHISK. (From Ogilvy's _America_, 1671)] _First
Cacao in Europe._ The Spanish discoverers of the New World brought home
to Spain quantities of cacao, which the curious tasted. We may conclude
that they drank the preparation cold, as Montezuma did, _hot_ chocolate
being a later invention. The new drink, eagerly sought by some, did not
meet with universal approval, and, as was natural, the most diverse
opinions existed as to the pleasantness and wholesomen
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