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iermented in large jugs, and when clarified, put into bottles. 
it then-acquires a vinous taste, lively and agreeable, and is 
a yellowish color. The sediment is good for cattle. : 
The Kissiichi is thus prepared. R. 2 Tbs. of rye malt, and 
the same quantity of barley malt; make a paste of them with 
warm water, and let it ferment till it has acquired a strong 
taste. Dilute it with 10 Ibs. of tepid water, and adda few 
lemon peels. When fermenting, add 20 Ibs. of water, and 
after the fermentation is complete, bottle it. 
_ The Bartsch, which is drank principally in Poland and 
Lithuania, is made with the young leaves and seeds of the 
acanthus, boiled in water, to which leaven is added, and af- 
ter fermentation and filtering, it is kept in a cool place. - 
“itt Bul. Un. Jan. 1825. 
10. Experiments to atd in the history of muriatic (hydro- 
chloric) acid; by MAcatre and Ava. pe La Rive.—The 
experiments which these authors presented to the Society of 
Physics and Natural History of Geneva, on the 19th o 
June, 1823, "may be arranged under two heads. Those 
which relate to the action of certain combustibles upon the 
combinations called chlorides ; and those which relate to the 
action of the pile upon muriatic acid, {hydrochloric,) and 
upon chlorine. = 
Experiment 1.—Melted chloride’ of silver was treated at a 
very strong heat with boron, without undergoing any de- 
. composition.’ Now as chlorine is volatile, and boruret of 
silver is fixed; it would seem that action ought to have taken 
place, if chloride of silver is a combination of a metal with 
a simple substance. ‘ er 
Exper. 2:—After having introduced into a porcelain tube, 
some meltetl chloride of silver, a current of hydrogen gas, 
thoroughly dried by chloride of calcium, was passed through 
it. ‘The apparatus was adjusted so as to receive the liquid 
and gaseous products. The passage of hydrogen was con- 
tinued a long time without perceiving any trace of humidity; 
but as soon as heat was applied to the part of the tube which 
contained the chloride of silver, abundant fumes of muriatic _ 
acid escaped, water was deposited in the receiver, and the 
chloride of silver was reduced to the metallic state. The ab-_ 
sence of common air in the apparatus, obliges us to ascribe. 
to the chloride of silver, the oxygen which formed this water. 
The same experiment made with chloride of lead, did not de- 
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