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an opinion without making a series of ship- 

 ments sufficiently long to thoroughly test the 

 market, and to enable the makers to decide 

 whether or not the beans prepared in the 

 manner described are preferable, is most diffi- 

 cult, for the cacao market depends almost 

 entirely on the whim of the public, and the 

 style of cacao and chocolate called for at the 

 time being. 



