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lie heavy in the stomach; but those quid- 

 denies are best taken after meals, alone; 

 before meals, dipped in vinegar/' 



Quinces grow in such abundance in some 

 parts of the Wealds of Sussex, as to enable 

 private families to make quince-wine in quan- 

 tities of from 1 to 200 gallons in a season. 

 It is an agreeable wine, that improves much 

 by keeping, and is greatly esteemed by 

 asthmatic persons. A gentleman residing 

 at Horsham, in Sussex, assured me, that 

 he was not only relieved in an asthmatic 

 complaint of long standing, but completely 

 restored to his health by the use of this 

 wine, which was made after the following 

 receipt: 



" Cut large quinces in quarters, and core 

 them, as the seeds give the wine an unplea- 

 sant flavour; grind them in the same man- 

 ner as apples for cider, and put to every 

 gallon of pummis a gallon of water ; let it 

 stand a day or two, then strain it off. 

 Should the pummis smell very strong of the 

 fruit, it will bear a little more water, and 

 to every gallon put three pounds and a 

 quarter of moist sugar ; tun it and stop it 

 quite close in the following March ; rack it 

 off; cleanse the cask from the sediment, and 

 put it back again; and in the second year 



