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it to ferment. After six weeks, filter it through a flan- 
nel'cloth folded four times, and put it into small casks 
covered tightly with a bung, and again allow it to fer- 
ment; that which cannot be putin casks maybe put 
in bottles and the mouth closed with a rag. The mass 
in the cask is gradually reduced by fermentation, so 
that the liquid in the bottles may now be added. In 
eight or nine months the metheglin is again poured into 
another cask, the bung driven in tightly, and the cask 
put in a cool cellar. Thus a healthy beverage is ob- 
tained which ought to take the place of the poisonous 
drinks which now flood the country, and ruin so many 
of our citizens. 
9th. Honey Wine. — Wine, made according to the 
following recipe, is a most delicious beverage, and 
after being bottled a few years, has been pronounced 
by competent judges to be equal to the best Madeira : 
Mix ten gallons of clear water with twenty pounds 
of honey, put it in a clean kettle, boil gently and skim 
for thirty minutes. While stirring continually, add, 
gradually, two pounds of pulverized chalk, skim off all 
the substance which gathers at the top of the kettle, 
until no more appears on the surface, pour the mass 
into a vessel, let it cool and the chalk settle. Pour the 
liquid carefully from the chalk into a clean kettle, add 
four pounds of pulverized charcoal, and boil the whole 
gently for two hours. Remove it from the fire and let it 
cool, and then strain through a flannel cloth folded four 
