Si> -far the firji commiinifaiionconcernjfjg this matter : In 
fipbich occurrwg fever al particHiars , retjuirifig further 
Information^ and they being fent to the Author 5 he vpa$ 
f leafed fp ntnrn v(4iat foUows^ 
^^^--^IsfofarV^iK^^ any place to 
j[ Ibwrbeforeit becalVintoth^ that 
fooD ^^ Wftp^rki^^ ( which is done im- 
mediately affer Vintag^- 1 ir up in Barrels, 
leaft it take Airj withoitfr vylj^ch it would heat it felf, and 
be fpoyled, ^ oUx^ 10 ^ri^ 
There is DO other way of keeping the Rape that hath 
once ferved already^than to dmwh it ^ that is to fiy, to fill 
the VefleljAvherei^ it is^ With U^irte or Vintgar. Rape wiH 
ferveayear, more or lefi j pro\^ided that care be taken of 
cleaning every morning, with^a piece of Linnen, the greafe 
that is on the fides of theVefleli and with a little broom , . 
tfet \vHch fwims on the io^ df the licjiior. The Rape may 
be freed from its gfeafe with-water^ ^rubbing i 
©nes hands. 
No body 5 that I kiow , hath hitherto examined what 
this Greafe is. Whenl can gcta fit quantify' of it, I will 
endeavour to make (bme Experiments about it 5 elpe- 
cially if I be alTifted with Snggeftions for making proper 
ones. 
I have been lately informed: 5 that there have been Mer- 
chants here, who made Vinegar with phlegme of Wine, 
remaining after that the Aqua, mts is extrafted from. 
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