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essentially contribute to increase it, would be, to intrust pub¬ 
lic officers with the inspection of that which should leave the 
island. This might suit our police, who are actually bound 
by law, to take care that no unwholesome cider be retail¬ 
ed within their respective parishes. They might subject 
every cask on exportation to bear the seal of office, and it 
might be prohibited, under a heavy penalty, to export any of 
an adulterated kind. 
The extraordinary occurrences of our times have intro- 
duced, among all orders of men, a number of artificial wants $ 
and if they wish to be able to satisfy them any longer, they 
must seek the means of doing it in their own industry. 
Pneumatic chemistry, by extending the sphere of our know¬ 
ledge, has opened a vast field to further observations on the 
manner of treating liquors. It is therefore probable, that the 
art of the cider-maker, notwithstanding the high degree of 
perfection to which it is thought to be arrived, is still only in 
Its infancy. Mr. Marshall, ol all those authors whom J have 
had occasion to consult, seems to me to be the one who has 
best developed its theory j it is, however, to be observed, 
that he rather gives an account of what exists in a particular 
district, than instructions on what ought to be generally prac¬ 
tised, and that he embraces many subjects which are remote 
from our rural economy. 
The author, by consecrating to the service of his country 
the little knowledge which he has acquired in this art, and the 
cultivation of fruit trees, hopes that some abler hand will re¬ 
move the deficiencies of a work, the want of which has long 
been felt among us. These considerations, and a desire «f 
being useful, haye dictated the following Treatise. 
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A TREATISE 
