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lieve that our common fruits, with the wines made from them, 

 have been but little examined ; at least I have never met with 

 an analysis of the Black Currant or its wine. 



July 28, 1821, I boiled 2 pecks of black currants in 25 

 quarts^ of spring water (containing no metallic salts), in a cop- 

 per vessel, until they were reduced to a pulp; upon measuring 

 the liquid expressed from this pulpy fluid, it was found to have 

 increased 10 quarts in quantity — of course, arising from the 

 fruit used : 29 pounds of moist sugar were added, and the 

 whole was put into a cask the second day after it was made, 

 and allowed to ferment until the 2d of September ensuing, 

 when it was closely stopped down, and remained so till the 

 14th of October 1822, when it was bottled off; its colour re- 

 sembled that of new Port wine ; from its sweetness it was evi- 

 dent that part of the sugar had not been decomposed; its 

 flavour was considerably astringent: but its great peculiarity 

 consisted in a very strong chalybeate taste, which was ob- 

 served by several persons as well as myself; indeed, in this 

 quality it appeared to surpass the common steel wine of the 

 shops. But wishing to ascertain the precise quantity of iron 

 it contained, I requested my friend Mr. Cutande Davie, of 

 this place (in whose scientific knowledge and accuracy of ex- 

 periment I could place the greatest reliance) to analyse a 

 portion of this wine; and the result of his examination is here 

 subjoined. 



" The analysis of Mr. Harley's black currant wine only 

 embraced the quantity of alcohol and iron — 



" Alcohol (sp. gr. 0-825) 15*25 per cent. 



" Per-oxide of iron 20 grains in each pint. 



" The steel wine of the present Pharmacopoeia contains 

 only 16 grains in each pint." 



Yours &c. 

 Yarmouth 1824. C. G. Ha RLE Y. 



LXXIV. Notices respecting New Booh. 



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