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perfeaiy cured of the fcurvy/ without daring to leave ofF the ufe preser- 

 of the fweet-wort all the time he remains on board, for fear of be- 



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ing again attacked by the fame evil, whofe fomes h( 

 taking in by way of food, and even by his breath. 



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VATION 

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NERS; 



Malt 



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body k 



ade of barley 



and of 



kinds- of drains- 



ufed for food, v^hich have fome analogy with the tribe of grailes. 



It contams mor 



e of a fugar-like extra6l than all the refl. When the 



malt is manufad:ured, the grains of barley are macerated 



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left to ferment in a moderate degree of warmth. . This ferment 



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promotes the growth of the blade, and of the iiril 



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it likewife fets free the fweet particles, which were lying as it w^ere 



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dormant, and enveloped in the glutinous and flaixhy fubflance. * 

 The fweet fubilance analogous to fugar, is more capable of pro- 

 moting fermentation than any other; the malt b^ing dried j uft at 

 the moment when this fweet fubflance is freed from the others by 



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fermentation, preferves this precious fweet juice; and when it is 

 extrafted from the malt by the infufion of boiling water, the lig_uor 

 is richly charged with the faccharine particles promoting fermenta- 



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the putrefc 



parts 



of the fait flefh 



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charging copiouily fixed air, which is the only fubftance capa 

 ble of refilling powerfully the dreadful efFe(fts of putridity. 



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* Sage Ana^fe des bl^s, Paris, 8vo. 1776. 



