782. NORFOLK. 2 



and the palate. Her method is this: the 108. 



cheefe (or rather as yet a bundle of curd) being CHEESE. 



taken out of the prefs, is falted upon a large 



earthen platter, in the fame manner a piece of 



beef or pork is falted ; and, having lain fome 



time in fait, it is put upon a fhelf to dry and 



ftiffen. 



Being in a mariner unprefled ; never cleaned ; 

 and but feldom turned ; it is no wonder, that 

 in a fhort time the white fcurfy coat gets full 

 poflefTion of it ; or that its furface Ihould ap- 

 pear bloated and wrinkled ; or that its rind 

 flibuid be divided by innumerable mTurcs ; or 

 that ife appearance, altogether, Ihould be that 

 of a fugared plumb-cake, rather than of a 

 cheefe. 



However, with refpecl to appearances, the 

 Norfolk dairy-woman may plead in excufe that 

 heir cufto'rriers are familiarized to the ftgbts 

 which Ihe prepares for them : but when Ihe 

 follows a practice which fubjedts her produce^ 

 if not fold off while yet in an unripe ftate, to 

 almoft inevitable deftruftion, Ihe is highly 

 culpable. 



Cheefes made in this country are attacked 



by an enemy little dreadecl, or wholly unknown, 



in the <;heef<r counties; namely, 'a fpecies of 



^ 0^2 rnaggor, 



