10 TiMEHRI. 
would not be surprised by the presence of the remains 
of different organisms in the sediments of the casks, al- 
thiiugh he might be surprised if they were entirely ab- 
sent. If the organism is present in rum containing suffi- 
cient of the deleterious matter which we have indicated 
to be *' faulty," in all probability the microbes will be 
caught up in the precipitated flocculencies upon dilution 
and be easily dete6led, while in good rum their presence 
may, probably, escape dete6lion. 
Judging from the published communications up to the 
present, all that has been proved is that an organism 
has been found in certain rums which are " faulty,'* but 
there is nothing beyond conje6lure to show any connec- 
tion between its presence and the " faultiness ;" while, 
on the other hand, all observations made in this Colony 
tend to show that its presence is accidental, and that 
neither its occurrence in the spirit nor the produ6ls of 
its presence are even remotely conne6led with the *' faulti- 
ness." 
If Mr. and Mrs. Veley produce the proof which is 
always demanded in investigations of this kind — that the 
organism purified by repeated cultures can produce " faul- 
tiness" in good rum seeded with it — then we may admit 
that they have added another to the several causes which 
are already known to, at times, produce " faultiness." If, 
after proving this, they can show that the ** faultiness," 
which they have produced, is removable by filtration of 
the undiluted spirit through a bafterial filter, they will 
be justified in claiming that the** fluorescence" of such di- 
luted •' faulty" rum is caused by the presence of the 
organism which they have discovered and not by the pro- 
du6ls of its life history. 
