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120

pfoce,

bearing

the

same

name,

and

situated

some

degrees

to

the

east

of

Cadiz,

and

the

districts*

where

the

real

Sherries

are

grown,

by

a

little

ma-

nagement

on

the

part

of

some

of

our

Spanish

Mer-

chants,

have

been,

and

still

are,

shipped

in

no

in-

considerable

quantities

to

this

country,

under

Cadiz

bills

of

lading,

as

if

(as

far

as

their

article

is

concerned),

their

efforts

to

impose

on

the

British

Public,

through

the

medium

of

our

advertisers,

should

be

out-rivalled

by

none.

The

objects

to

which

the

whole

of

these

precious

Wines

are,

and

have

been,

applied,

by

our

Ad-

vertising

Dealers,

are

two-fold,

the

first

as

a

cheap

article,

to

combine

with

others

in

their

large

Wine

vats,

the

second,

to

act

as

decoy

ducks.

Since

the

law,

with

regard

to

quarter

casks,

has

been

brought

into

operation,

by

a

representation

to

the

London

Dock

Company,

leave

can

be

obtained,

to

rack

in

the

docks,

either

one

hogshead,

into

two

quarter

casks,

or,

one

pipe,

into

two

hogsheads,

which,

therefore,

if

they

please,

enables

our

cheap

sellers

to

offer

the

same

enticement

to different

classes

of

buyers.

It

should,

however,

be

observed,

that

as

decoy

ducks

alone,

and

not

for

any

purpose

of

sale,

are

a

great

portion

of

these

wretched

Wines

intended,

because,

if

the

advertiser,

could

even

prevail

on

his

customers

to

become

purchasers,

he

would

be

at

the

loss

of

two

great

advantages,

the

first,

that

of

having

their

assistance

in

manufacturing

his

vat

Wine,

and

secondly,

their

possession

as

a

means

of

con-