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place it fix weeks, or two months, in 

 a vault, or fome other cool place. At 

 the expiration of this period, open the jar ; 

 if it exhales a flrong vinous fmell, the fer- 

 mentation has arrived at its proper height ; 

 but if you do not perceive fuch an odour, 

 throw into the jar a little Yeaft, and Hop 

 it clofe in the fame manner as before. 

 A flrong fermentation having been ex- 

 cited, take fire or fix pounds of your fer- 

 mented Rofe Pafle, put it into a common 

 cucurbit, and diftil it with a very gentle 

 fire in a vapour-bath. When you have. 

 drawn off as much water as you can, 

 unlute the alembic ; throw away what re- 

 mains in the cucurbit, take five or fix 

 pounds more of the fermented Pafte of 

 Boies, and put it into the cucurbit, 

 with the Water already drawn.; dillil 

 in a vapour-bath with fuch a degree 

 of fire, as will caufe the diftilled Water 



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