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publication, intitledLA Maison Rustic^e, a large 

 ball of lead is pioufly directed to be fufpcnded in 

 the cafk, in order to prevent the wines of Burgundy 

 From turning acid ! At Paris, the low meagre wines 

 commonly fold to the populace are made to run 

 through a leaden channel, and are diftributed to 

 the cuftomers in meafures compofed of tin, or bafe 

 pewter, containing a large portion of lead. Ac- 

 cordingly the colick of Poitou is ftill predominant 

 in Paris. Dr. Gadane computes the average num- 

 ber of inhabitants annually affli6led with this difeafe 

 to amount to five or fix hundred. M. Senacy late 

 phyfician to the King of France, adds his tefti- 

 mony concerning the frequency of the difeafe at 

 Verfailles. Br. Warren enumerates thirty inflances 

 among the fervants and domefticks of an Englilh 

 nobleman, during his refidence at Hanover, all 

 occafioned by the fame caufe. It has been ob- 

 ferved with furprize that, at Surinam, the Euro- 

 peans who drink French wines are extremely liable 

 to this difeafe, while the natives, who refrain from 

 this beverage, entirely efcape. 



If we turn our attention to our Englifli made 

 wines, I fear they will by no means be found clear 

 offufpicion. In Graham's art of making Britifh 

 wines, are the following choice receipts ; 



I. To 



