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of the apple. In former years considerable 

 quantities of perry were manufactured in the 

 vicinity of Portsmouth, N. H. and elsewhere 

 in the eastern States. Of this article an old 

 English writer affirms, " Wine made of the 

 juice of the Pear, being taken in small quan- 

 tities, cornforteth and Warmeth the stomack, 

 and causeth good digestion.'' 



