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the mofl: elevated part by a very valuable and 

 exceeding large fhell, of a fine blue tint re- 

 fembling the fky on a clear funnnaer day : in 

 fhort, the whole of the dome is compofed of va- 

 luable fhells from the Eaft Indies, which but 

 few perfons can have the opportunity of pro- 

 curing. 



We will return to the farmer's dairy, which 

 may reafonably be fuppofed to have a free cir- 

 culation of air, at lead enough to cool the milk 

 expeditioufly -, and until it docs become fo, it 

 mull be kept moving in the kit. The exa(fl 

 degree of coolnefs at which it is proper to pafs 

 the milk through the ftrainer might be afcer- 

 tained, as in the brewery, by a thermometer, 

 which, ridiculous as it may feem to fome, 1 

 hope to fee as common in the dairy as the 

 brew houfe. Surely a thermometer is more to 

 be depended upon, than the uncertain and not 

 very delicate method of immerging the hand. 

 I do not infid upon it that the ufe of this In- 

 ilrument would eftablifh an unerring method 

 of making both cheefe and butter; but no one 

 will cavil furely at an attempt to bring fuch 

 ufeful articles to perfe6lion. The pradice 



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