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attention which is paid, in the former, to 

 the procefs of fermentation. But the Here- 

 fordfhire prad:ice being flill far fuperior, irt 

 this refpedt, to that of South Devonfhire ; 

 and having already given an a:mple and, 

 I beheve, an accurate detail of that pradice, 

 it is the lefs neceflary to refume the fubjed:, 

 in this place. 



In the proportionate quantity of or^ 

 CHARD GROUNDS, the South Ham«, in like 

 manner, refembles the Weft of Devonfhire. 

 A ftranger, in riding acrofs the country, 

 would not fufpedt it to be a fruit-liquor 

 Diftrid. None of fuch extenfive plots of 

 orchard ground, as meet the eye, in tra- 

 velling through Herefordfhire, &c. and in 

 fome parts of Kent, are feen in South De- 

 vonfliire. Neverthelefs, the farms being 

 fmall, and each having its Orchard, the 

 ^gg^^g^te quantity is confiderable. The 

 trees being low, and confined chiefly to the 

 vallies, and perhaps overtopped by tall 

 hedgerows, account for the little fhow they 

 make. 



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