, having a fmall/^^r^ in the Middle, as 2>. There wer^ al- 
fo, a few that were blunt at the ends, as£. There were 
alto fome refemblingdryed Branches of a Tree, (as was 
mentioned in Wine of a year old J which branch like 
gures confifted of fm^U Salts^ hanging together. 
From thefe Obfervations, I guefs what may be the 
caufe, that ^enijb WiHQ, not only keeps good a great 
many years, in a well ftopt Veffel, but alfo loofes its 
fouriflitaft, and takes one that is fweeter, and milder j 
namely, for that the^y^/^ particles in the J^heniJhWmt^ 
cleave together, and then IHck to the bottom, and lides 
of the Fat, (being called by us Tartar,^ and by how much 
older the T{henijh Wine is.by fo much are the Salts fewer. 
But the nature of French Wines is contrary, fas I have 
Obferved, j for the Salts in a well ftopt Veffel, do not run 
together ("Chiefly in 5W<?(a5//,v)Wines,and therefore they 
never get a Milder, or Sweeter taft: But in Wines that 
come from Nants, tho* the Salts run more together, 
neverthelefs theSweetnefs is prefently loft. 
I bought fome Wine for 'Rinco^ very pleafant, and of 
the growth of 1^83. But it proved to be of the Palati- 
nate. At firft I obferved few Salts in it, but when it had 
ftood open 14 hours, I difcovered many, that were fliarp 
ateach end, as 2V". 8. Fig. A. having a divifion run- 
ning along them, but being otherwife Diaphanous, and 
appearing by the Microfcope, of the fame bignefs here 
drawn ; but there were an innumerable quantity of a lef- 
fer fort, which were of the fame figure, I alfo perceiv d 
fome, that refembled a Wine VeSel, but they proved to 
have two fides rolled up, fas Bj^. 5. (and perhaps, othets 
of the fame^«r^, which I have before mentioned, may 
berolld up like them^^in 1-egatd I then might have feen 
them oncly, by the plain fide./Likewife may the Salt fi- 
gures, which I have defcribed as blunt, at one or both, 
ends, be like C. and D. liaw alfo figures as A, which had 
both their {harp points roHed up together, as at C. Alfo fi- 
gures 
