pWmi:d, 



30 Tbe Jrt of Farriery 



claries to this Term ; for under it fome are for re- 

 ducing almofl all that belongs to Phyfick, chiefly as 

 it is a Term that accounts for, in the Lump, many 

 Vhceno7nena^ and faves a great deal of Trouble, by 

 faying' fuch an Effect is occafioned by Fermen- 

 tation. However, it fo far concerns every Body to 

 have fome juft Apprehenfion of what this Term 

 ought to exprefs, that I cannot be at too much 

 Fermcnt.i- Pains to explain it. Infomuch as it regards Medi- 

 t)on t:x- cn\t, and exalting or deftroying any Properties 

 therein, we cannot have a better Idea of it, than 

 by underflanding all which concerns the procuring 

 a fpirituous Liquor from Corn. Firft then, in 

 the Grain itfelf mull lie the Materials of what 

 makes the fpirituous Part, becaufe nothing elfe (be- 

 iides Water) is concerned in it. To this Purpofe, 

 therefore, it is foaked juft fo long, in a Ciftern of 

 Water, as is fufficient to loofen or open its natural 

 Texture ; after which, it is thrown in a Heap, 

 where it is fuffered to lie till, by the Motion of its 

 more ^m't and volatile Part?, it begins to heat and 

 ilioot out, as in Vegitation or Growth in Plants. 

 But to confine thefe Parts from flying off, by too 

 long a Continuance of fuch Inteftine Motion, it is 

 thrown abroad thinner, and expos'd more and more 

 to the Air, till it contrails almoft a Drynefs, vvhich 

 is finifhed by the Kiln, and all its Parts maintain'd 

 together, but yet in fo lax or loofe a Condition, 

 as very eafily to open and unite with warm or 

 hot Water : For by the Sweetnefs and Conf.ftence 

 of the Wort, and Lightnefs of the Grains, it is 

 plain, that the whole Sabilance of the Kernel is in- 

 timately m.ixed with the Liquor. 



After this Apparatus, to finifh the Procefs, and 

 raife from it a flvong Spirit, the reft is done by Fer- 

 mentation with Yeaft or Barm. But to explain 

 how Fermentation is mechanically efFe(^ed, and 

 how it brings forth fuch a Spirit, would take up too 

 much Room in this Pla-ce j however, fuch EfFeds 



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