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casks should be only part full to prevent tbeir burs- 

 ting) after a fortnight's exposure to unremitted cold, 1 

 found the cider surrounded by a mass of ice of moder- 

 ate hardness this I perforated at the end near to the 

 bottom and drew out the concentrated liquor, about a 

 barrel from each hogshead ; the residuum, when dissol- 

 ved on the return of mild weather, was so vapid and 

 weak, that my workmen would not accept it as a pres- 

 ent for the use of their families, it was thrown away ; 

 one barrel of the liquor thus obtained, I mixed with 

 other ciders to strengthen them for family use in the 

 summer, the other, after fining, I bottled ; and can truly 

 say that it is an excellent, vinous, strong, pure liquor ; 

 free from any spiritous taste ; of twice the ordinary 

 strength of good cider, and promises with age to im 

 prove to a high degree of strength and perfection. 



