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that it was absolutely indistinguishable, by the 

 most competent judges, from old Canary Sack. He 

 gives careful directions for the manufacture of his 

 mead ; and these can be, and have, indeed, recently 

 been, followed with complete success. This mead, 

 when kept for a number of years, froths into the 

 glass like champagne, but stills at once, leaving 

 the glass lined with sparkling air-bells. It is of a 

 pale golden colour, and has a bouquet something 

 like old cider ; but its flavour is hardly to be com- 

 pared with any known liquor of the present time. 

 It is interesting, however, to have its originator's 

 authority for its close resemblance to Canary Sack, 

 as this gives a clue to the intrinsic qualities of a 

 wine long since gassed out of the popular ken. 



