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and the price, to afford an idea of what may be done with very little 
capital. 
Cot of Purchase and Erection of the Distillertes in Saimtogne and 
? Angoumois. 
A copper cauldron of about 65 gallon, . . . «. $70 00 
A wash heater, of same ee of wood bound with iron, 10 00 
A copper worm, ‘ A : : : soy gers OO 
A wooden cooler, bound with j ion, ‘ : 7 10 00 
4 wooden tubs to receive the pr oducts of distillation, ac) 200 
Cost of erection, . ; : ; ‘ : . : 10 00 
$140 00 
With this apparatus, three charges a day of 24 hours can be made, 
which is about three barrels of 46 gallons. For fuel, only wood or peat 
can be used. Peat charcoal cannot be used for this purpose, because 
in burning it throws a very large quantity of heat, and would burn, 
on the bottom of the cauldron, the leaves, seeds, and other heavy 
matters which it is the custom to leave in the wine. These foreign 
matters, precipitated by their specific gravity to the bottom of the 
still, would be carbonized, and would give to brandy an empyreumatic 
taste. In spite of the evident imperfection of this apparatus, not- 
withstanding the time and fuel which they require, they accomplish 
their work in a satisfactory manner, and give good results—results 
which are generally appreciated: for all the Cognac brandies are 
made with an apparatus of this sort. We, however, beg the planters to 
avoid the use of the wooden wine heater, because of the loss of alcohol 
which it would evidently suffer to be made by the escape of the 
steam through the staves. It would be well to replace this with a 
copper vessel, or at least one of iron, which would be more reasonable 
in price. With this modification, this apparatus can be employed 
wisn profit in the small manufactories. They can distil three hun- 
dred barrels of about sixty-five gallons in the space of a season of 
about five months, or a hundred and fifty days in duration. 
