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^he only pound houfe, I examined, which 

 has any claim to merit, in refpedt to plan, 

 is that of Mr. Stapleton of Monks 

 BucKLAND ', which, though not on a large 

 fcale, is perhaps, in the arrangement or 

 general economy of its more effential parts, 

 as near perfection, as the nature of a Fruit 

 Liquor Manufadory will admit of, or re- 

 quires. 



The building is a long fquare, ftanding 

 acrofs a gentle defcent. Behind it is a 

 platform or flooring of loofe ftones, (the 

 rubbifh of a flate quarry) to receive the 

 fruit, as it is gathered, and to give it the 

 iirft ftage of maturation, in the open air. 

 The ground floor, of one end of the build- 

 ing, contains the mill and prefs. Over this 

 part, is a loft or chamber, in which the 

 apples receive the lafl fl:age of maturation, 

 and from which they are conveyed, by a 

 fpout, into the mill. The ground floor of 

 "the other end of the building is the fer- 

 menting room, funk a few fteps below the 

 floor of the mill and prefs room ; a pipe or 

 Ihoot conveying the liquor, from the prefs, 

 into a cifl:ern in the fermenting room. 



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