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which the decree of the fermentation may he ascertained. 
With a view, however, to elucidate this important point as 
pitch as lies in my power, 1 think I may lay down the follow. 
|itg observations before the reader, as to be relied upon. 
When about the end of the work, some of the cider is pour¬ 
ed out into a glass tumbler, if the surface getscovered with at 
light foam, or bubbles fasten to the sides, there will he rea¬ 
son to conclude, that it still contains fermenting particles, 
from which it should he disengaged. It may then be exposed 
to the open air in a vat, if it was in a cask, or if it was in a vat, 
it must be poured out from one into another. On the other 
hand, it may be depended upon, that it is highly essential to 
its keeping good, that it should he poured in where it is to 
remain, previous to the surface of the tun or the vat it was in 
getting covered with a slight pellicle. Without attending to 
the former particular, it would turn sour, and without the 
latter, it would get Hat. But the surest sign I have yet ob-, 
served, is when the liquor is become perfectly quietj and be¬ 
gins to reflect objects. 
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