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Let us now compare these results. 



The greatest difference is, therefore, f, and the 

 least % per cent. I am more particularly disposed to 

 prefer this method to any other, since inaccuracies 

 will always occur, and it is always a question on 

 which side they are committed. I consider myself 

 justified in this preference, by the fact that in the five 

 comparative experiments, the diilerence with regard 

 to the distilled spirit is now positive and now nega- 

 tive. The spirit distilled from Bordeaux gave a less 

 alcoholic content, and so did that distilled from Eii- 

 desheimer ; but in Port wine, Teneriffe, and Madeira, 

 the alcoholic contents were greater. The kind of 

 wine does not explain this difference ; it depends upon 

 the experiment, and its cause is still unknown.. On 

 this account a method which depends entirely upon 

 evaporation is to be preferred, since it is sufficiently 

 accurate, and more easily applicable. 



In conclusion, I may remind the reader, that as a 

 general rule, Port, and other heavily loaded wines, 



