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litres, to be shipped to Cochin China. The sailors, who are in the 

 habit of finding wine turn sour nnder the influence of the sea, watch 

 these experiments with intense interest, as tending to improve the 

 health of the crews during long voyages. This item called forth 

 considerable discussion. 



Dr. R. T. Hallock stated that if cider is boiled it will keep for a 

 long time, bat its taste is not improved. 



Dr. J. V. C. Smith related the case of a large wine manufacturer 

 of New Jersey, who, on the occasion of his daughter's marriage, 

 resolved to have the best of wine provided for the guests. So he 

 came to Xew York and arranged with a noted importer of wine for 

 the desired quantity, but it was afterward proved that the wine he 

 had bought was his own manufacture, branded as an imported article. 

 Some years ago, the attorney-general of Massachusetts, told him of 

 a case in which a wine manufacturing Arm had quarreled, and his 

 legal services were required. The gentleman of the firm who came 

 to him, told him that he manufactured in Sudbury street, Boston, a 

 large quantity of wine, which was bottled and sent to France, where 

 the corks were burnt witli the requisite brand, and then the bottles 

 were re-imported, and sold here as genuine French wine. 



Dr. P. Yanderweyde said that the statistics show that there is 

 more wine imported to this country than is made iu France. There 

 is a certain kind of wine which is much improved when transported 

 a long distance by sea, and again other kinds wnll become sour. 



Dr. J. J. Edwards stated that there w'ere some kinds of wood that 

 give wine a good flavor. 



The chairman said he would advise persons i-equiring brandy for 

 medical purposes, to purchase that made in California, as the grape 

 there is very abundant and cheiip ; and there the temptation to adul- 

 terate is not so great as here. 



Dr. L. Feuclit\vanger remarked that Mdiile in California in 1862, 

 he observed the mode of making brandy there, and was satisfied that 

 they used too much sugar in its manufacture. 



Dr. P. Yanderweyde stated he had analyzed some of the manu- 

 factured California wine, and did not find it very good. 



Dr. J. J. Edwards said he thought the wine of California one of 

 the most useful tonics that can be found. In the time of Queen 

 Elizabeth wine was so valuable that it was dealt out in drops, and it 

 had a wonderful effect ; now it is taken by the tumbler full and of 

 course produces a very different effect. 



