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take out its Head, and wafh it with cold Water, 
Afhes, and Sand, by fcrubbing it foundly with 
a Bruffi. And if it is a Pipe, that its Bottom 
Part cannot be reached by the Hand, they make 
Ufe of a long-handle Brufh. Thus, though a 
Cafk be foul, yet if it is truly fweet, by thus 
fcrubbing it with a Brufh, Water, and Sand, it 
is fufficient, and need not be fired. Only let 
it ftand in the Air for the Sun to dry it a Day 
or two, and put in the Head. Then one Day 
before the Cyder is put into the Cafk, put into 
it as much cold Water as will fill it half or a 
quarter full, and turn it upon each of its Heads 
for about fix Hours at a Time, and it will dole 
all its Joints, and thereby you will fecure your 
Cafk from leaking. But if the Taint is too 
much to be thus overcome by fcrubbing the 
Calk, the burning it with Straw, as aforefaid, 
inuft be made Ufe of. By one of thefe Me- 
thods, I know a curious Cyderift refufes to make 
Ufe of any Brirnflone Match, as thinking there 
is no Occafion for any Thing to be done to a 
Cafk, when it is thus thoroughly fweetened. 
How a Gentleman turned his Cvder into Vine - 
gar by a wrong Management. — A Gentleman 
having a great Quantity of Cyder, and not ha- 
ving a fufficient Number of fweet Calks to put 
it into, put a Parcel of it into a Malt-Liquor 
Cafk, which quickly turned it into Vinegar. 
How a Gentleman' s Servant had in Part fpoilea 
a Hogjhead of Cyder , and how , by the Gentle - 
man's Dir eStions, it was recovered . — This Gentle- 
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