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and the water is bad ; as it is in fome of our fo? 

 reign fettlemenrs. 



The firfl running of diftilled water has a difa* 

 greeable muily taftc : on this account, if the ftill 

 hold twenty gallons, it will be neceflary to thrqw 

 away the firfl gallon. The reft, through free 

 fronn this muflinefs, will have a dilagreeable em- 

 pyreumatic or burnt taile. This tafte goes off by 

 keeping about a month, by ventillation, in a few 

 minutes, or by boiling the water in an op^n vefr 

 fel. Diflilled water mufl be kept in perfcdly 

 clean glafs or flone bottles, with glafs floppers, 

 or metal covers ; and then, having in it no pri'r>' 

 ciple of corruption, it is incapable of being 

 fpolled, and will keep juft the fame for ever^ 

 But the lead particle of any animal or vegetable 

 fubflance, will fpoil a great quantity ; and there- 

 fore the ftill and bottles fhould be kept wholly 

 for this ufe. 



This proccfs, though certainly attended with 

 many good effects, requires too much time and 

 attention for common ufe ; and therefore, in ge- 

 peral^ it may be fufRcient to adopt the luode 



of 



