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ration was performed by hand : a pradtlcc 

 which is ilill continued, I underftand, in 

 fome parts of Cornwall. The apples being 

 thrown into a large trough or tub, five or 

 fix perfons, ftanding round the vefiel, 

 "^pounded" them *, with large clubfhaped 

 wooden pelliils, whofe ends are guarded, and 

 made rough, to lay hold of the apples the 

 better, with the heads of nails. 



At prefent, the ordinary horfe mill of 

 HerefordHiire, &c. is in general ufe, here: 

 and it has the fame objediionable point in 

 its manufacture, as that noticed in the 

 Gloceflerfhire mills : namely the coarfenefs 

 of the ftone work. The grinding is of courfe 

 imperfedly done •\, 



Lateiv, I underftand, a hand mill h-2iS been 

 introduced into this county, and is making 

 its way i-a.^ into pradiice ; but it did not fall 

 in my way to examine it. 



4. Pressing. The old Prefs of the 

 Difi:ri(fl,and which, I beheve,is flillmuch in 



ufe, 



* Hence, no doubt, the epithet "pound" is applied to 

 the houfe, &:c. in which the whole bufinefs of cider making 

 is performed. 



t See Glc. Econ. Vol. II. P. 333. 



