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, In Weft Dorfetaiire, and the Eaftern 

 confines of Devonfhire, where the fcalding 

 of cream had been in ufe time immemorial, 

 the pradice has lately given way to tlie 

 ordinary method of raifmg the cream and 

 churning it ; owing to the circumftance of 

 the butter of that Diftrid having found its 

 way to the London market ; as will be par- 

 ticularly mentioned, in fpeaking of the 

 DAIRY District. 



In different parts of Devonfhire and ^ 

 Cornwall, " raw cream dairies" are here 

 and there fcattered. Gentlemen, efpecially 

 ftrangers who fettle in the country, prefer 

 ** raw cream butter.'* That made from 

 fcalded cream has frequently a fmokey 

 flavor, and wants the even waxlike texture, 

 obfervable in well manufactured butter. 



Two reafons may be afllgned for the 

 natives of thefe counties perfevering in the 

 pradice of clouting cream. Prejudice, or 

 the attachment to eftablifhed cuftoms, 

 may be confidered as one. The other is 

 their attachment to " fcald cream," as a 

 delicacy, or article of luxury ; in forming 

 the "juncates," for which this country is 



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