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made with two earthen pans, having round holes in 

 their middles, of about four inches diameter ; and, 

 their bottoms being turned oppolite the one to the 

 other, they were cemented together with clav ; form- 

 ing a neck of junction thus of about three inches, with 

 the fmall rifing on the upper pan. The lowermofl: of 

 thefe was more lhallow, and about eleven inches wide, 

 fo as to cover exactly the opening at the neck of the 

 jar, to which they luted it on with clay. The upper 

 and oppofite of thefe was about four inches deep, and 

 fourteen inches wide, with a ledge round its perfora- 

 tion in the middle, rifing, as is already laid, from the 

 inner fide of the neck, of about half an inch high, bv 

 which a gutter was formed to collect the condenfed 

 fpirit as it fell down; and from this there was a hole 

 in the pan to let it run off by ; to which hole they oc- 

 cafionally luted on a fmall hollow bamboo, of about 

 two feet and a half in length, to convey it to the re- 

 ceiver below. The upper pan had alfo another hole 

 in it, of about an inch fquare, at near a quarter of its 

 circumference from the one below jult fpoken of, that 

 ferved to let off the water employed in cooling; as fhall 

 be mentioned prefentiy. 



Their adkar being thus fitted to the jar, they com- 

 pleted the alembick by taking a copper pot, iuch as 

 we ufe in our kitchens, of about five inches deep, eight 

 wide at the mouth, and ten at the bottom, which was 

 rather flattifh ; and turning its mouth downward, over 

 the opening in the adkur, luted it down on the infide 

 of the jar with clay. 



For their cooler they raifed a feat, clofe upon, and 

 at the back part of the furnace, about a foot higher 

 than the bottom of the copper pot. On this they 

 placed a two or three gallon pot, with a round hole, of 

 about half an inch in the fide of it; and to this hole, 



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