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a cask almost emptied, which 
two and a half years, so that it I 
The apples produced on the alluvion of Deerfield, from 
which this specimen was made, ually of a rather inferior — 
quality. I have added the analysi single specimen of cur- 
rant wine, partly to show the enormous quantity of solid matter. — 
This wine, although sweet and plez yas not clear, and does 
not contain half as much alcohol as tl 
Brande. Probably it had lost some of its alcohol by long keep- 
ing, or it was not skillfully prepared. > lag ae 
Prof. Brande gives two averages of the strength of cider; t 1e | 
highest, 9:87 per cent. of alcohol, and the lowest, 5-21 per cent; ~ 
the mean of which, as already stated, is 7°54 per cent. The 
mean of the above seven analyses of New England cider, 
by Gilpin’s tables, which were employed by Brande, is 7°62. 
From this result, I think we may safely infer that the cider 
of New and Old England possesses about the same alcoholic 
strength. a ; 
It has been strongly maintained of late, ‘that sweet apples — 
will not yield strong cider,” (Andi-Bacchus, p. 166,) nay, that — 
“it is impossible to obtain strong alcoholic cider out of very 
sweet apples.” (Ibid. p. 203.) I find, however, that the con-— 
trary of this is maintained by all the farmers and distillers with © 
whom IT have conversed; and the strongest specimens given in — 
my analyses were from sweet apples. *'This view appears to mé 
also to be most consonant to the principles of chemistry, provided — 
only that sweet apples contain a quantity of ferment correspon 
ing to that of the sugar. 
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Arr. V.—Statement of Elevations in Wisconsin ; by 1. A. 
Laruam, of Milwaukee, Wis. 
Iv a late number of this Journal is an article by Charles Whit 
tlesey, Esqr., giving the elevation of various places in New York, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan ; and as it appears to be desira- 
ble to publish additional observations of this kind, the following 
are furnished for the purpose of extending the series through this 
territory. Most of the following heights were ascertained by 
the writer, in the explorations relative to the Milwaukee and 
