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the
mixture
is
found
of
a
quality
too
indifferent
to
be
saleable,
an
additional
proportion
of
the
genuine
Cape,
immediately
brings
it
up
to
the
necessary
standard
:
If
it
be
desirable
to
advertise
a
portion
as
Cape
Sherry,
the
introduction
(after
such
por-
tion
is
racked
into
another
vessel)
of
a
small
quan-
tity
of
Extract
of
Almond
Cake^
produces
the
wished
for
result
;
if,
to
represent
a
very
paleWine,
a
little
LamVs
Blood,
mixed
in
with
the
finings,
at
once
enables
the
cheap
seller
to
placard
it,
as
deli-
cately
Pale
Cape
Sherry,
or
Madeira,
at
astonish-
ingly
low
prices,
&c.
&c.
The
illustration
thus
afforded,
of
the
value
of
Cape
Wine,
whether
it
be
as
an
individual
source of
profit,
as
an
admira-
ble
basis
on
which
to
adulterate
other
and
more
expensive
Wines,
or
as
offering
a
ready
and
pro-
fitable
mode,
of
getting
rid
of
any
thing,
which
an
Advertising
Dealer,
may
have
on
his
premises,
in
the
shape
of
Wine,
&c.
which
is
spoiled,
or
other-
wise
unsaleable,
is
so
obvious,
that
I
think
it
needs
no
further
comment.
Having
thus
opened
the
eyes
of
my
Readers,
to
the
adulterations
of
the
major
part
of
the
Wines
(exclusive
of
French,)
for
which
such
low
prices
are
quoted
by
our
placarders,
&c.
and
sufficiently
so,
to
enable
any
one
to
draw
a
pretty
clear
in-
ference
of
the
general
nature
of
the
practises
of
those
gentlemen,
I
will
just
glance
at
the
means
adopted,
to
deceive
the
Public,
with
deteriorated
Claret
and
fictitious
Champagne,
as
a
specimen,