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and will probably in a few years be extinft. Is ic 

 not furprizing that the cultivation of fuch excel- 

 lent varieties of fruit-trees fhould be thus limited 

 to a few particular counties, and fo much negleded 

 even in thefe; when probably, by due attention to 

 foil, afped, and other leading circumftances, they 

 might be fuccefsfully raifcd, and propagated in 

 almoft any quarter of the kingdom ? 



That fruit liquors, when of a good quality, and 

 drunk with moderation, afford an uncommonly 

 wholefome and cheap beverage, is allowed on all 

 hands, and confirmed by long experience. 



Nor can any arguments againftits utility be fairly 

 drawn from its abufe, or from the evils that necef- 

 farily enfue from the enormous quantities of bad 

 cyder confumed by day-labourers. 



In the vale of Glocefter, fays Mr. Marfliall, fix 

 quarts a day is the common allowance; fometimes 

 nine or ten quarts; or an unlimited quantity! In a 

 plentiful fruit year cyder is of very litde value: men 

 and mailers are equally adepts in the art of drink- 

 ing; and the tales that are told of them appear fo 

 incredible, it is to be hoped they are not (Iridly 

 true. Drinking a gallon-bottle-full at a draught, 

 is faid (on good authority) to be no uncommon 



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