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It is not intended, in this little Tract, to 
occasion any individual to feel personal 
offence; and, although some prejudices 
may be rather hardly touched upon, it must 
be kept in mind, this is merely with a view 
to their eradication, that a better feeling, 
the result of knowledge and understanding, 
may be substituted. 
In matters not well understood, much 
mis-information, and a far greater portion 
of mis-conception, are sure to prevail. As, 
for example,—It is a generally circulated 
opinion, “that frequent rackings make 
sweet Cider,”—hence, it is no uncommon 
affair for a Devonshire Farmer, on a wet 
day, to assemble all his People in his Cider 
Cellars, to rack his Cider; and this, from 
the false impression of its being essential 
to its mellowness, is so frequently repeated, 
that Color, Flavor, and Body, become 
considerably impaired.—On inspection after 
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