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lick, but pai ticularly fo to the inhabitants of thofe 

 diftrids where thefe liquors conftitute their common 

 beverage. Cyder and perry, when genuine, and in 

 high perfcdlion, are excellent vinous liquors, and arc 

 certainly far more wholefon^c than many others 

 which at prefent are in much higher eftimation. 



When the mujl is prepared from the choiceft 

 fruit, and undergoes the exa5i degree of vinous fer- 

 mentation requifitc to its peifcdlion, the acid and 

 the fweet are fo admirably blended with the aqueous, 

 oily, and fpirituous principles, and the whole 

 imbued with the grateful flavour of the rinds, and 

 the agreeable aromatick bitter of the kernels, it 

 aflumes a new character; grows lively, fparkling, 

 and exhilarating; and when compleatly mellowed 

 by time, the liquor becomes at once highly de- 

 licious to the palate, and congenial to the confti- 

 tution. Superior in every rcfpedl to mod other 

 Engliih wines, and perhaps not inferior to many of 

 the bed foreign wines. 



Such I can venture to affirm would it be pro- 

 nounced by all competent judges, were it not for 

 the popular prejudice annexed to it as a cheap, 

 home-brewed liquor, and confequently within the 

 reach of the vulgar. To compare fuch a liquor 



with 



