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grinding the fruit, is a defect which is now partly corrected by 
the mechanism I have mentioned, and which is applicable to 
all troughs. It seems, that the slowness of the work is more 
than made up for by the complete manner in which it is done. 
In short, they who wish to spare room, who had rather gain 
on the time of making, than on the quality of the work; who 
wish to have for preparing the mash an expeditious, though 
precarious machine, rather than one of resistance, applicable 
to several purposes, but which works more slowly; such per¬ 
sons, 1 have no doubt, will determine their choice in favour of 
the mill. 
If the trough has been some days without being used, it 
should be washed, as withaut it, it would give an acid taste 
to the next mash. The surest vvay is to rince it after each 
mash with a few buckets of water. 
It is indispensable to employ in the construction of it, a 
stone not calcareous, on which the acid has no effect. This is 
one of the characteristics of granite ; such is the stone of the 
neighbouring small French island of Chausey, and among us, 
that of Mount Modo. These two kinds arc perfectly adapted 
to it in this respect, as well as in that of their grain, which is 
susceptible of a sufficient poliffi. 
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