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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 ftrong vinous fniell, 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 flop 

 it dole in the fame manner as before. 

 A (Irong fermentation having been ex- 

 cited, take five or fix pounds of your fer- 

 mented Role Pafte, 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 Pafle of 

 Rofes, arM put it into the cucurbit, 

 with the Water already drawn; diflil 

 in a vapour - bath with fuch a degree 

 of fire, as will caufe the diflilled Water. 



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