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fire, and put it into the Calk, repeating it till 
the Calk is near dry. Then, when the laft 
Quantity is fet on fire, we put the loofe Head 
over the Calk, which will keep in molt of the 
Fire, and caufe the Head to be equally dryed, 
and purified with the other Infide Part of the 
Calk. But great Care muft be taken in this Fire- 
Management, that one Part be not heated or 
burned more than another, for the Bottom- Part 
efpecially is very apt to crack and burn before 
the reft, as the greateft Heat lies there ; for no 
Part of the Infide fhould be fo burnt as to in- 
jure the Wood; and indeed, where the Wood 
is not much infeded with a Taint, a Trifle of 
burning will fuffice. But where a Cafk is 
much tainted, and a four, flimy Quality h>s 
penetrated the Wood, a Cooper muft be im- 
ployed to fhave cut very thinly all the Infide of 
fijch a Calk as deep as the Taint has got into it, 
and burn it as aforefaid. Thus I cured a Calk 
that almoft prick'd the Cyder ; after which I 
returned the Cyder into it, and recovered it to 
a per fed: Goodnefs. The Miftake happened 
by my trufting to a Perfon who did not clean 
the Cafk to the Purpofe 5 and had I not taken 
it in Time, the whole Hoglhead of Cyder 
would have been utterly fpoiled. Here I can- 
not but admire at the Simplicity of many, who 
imagine, that fcalding a {linking Cafe will re- 
cover it: But this is an entire wrong Notion; 
for inftead of fcalding Water taking out and 
overcoming the Taint, it will drive it further 
