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121

tinning

a

temptation,

for

the

public

to

enter

his re-

ceptacle.

A

person

applies

to

a

Wholesale

Dealer,

or

a

Gin-shop-keeper,

who

has

a

Wholesale

License

in

addition

to

his

Retail

one,

and

who

may

have

a

placard

up,

announcing

1

cheap

Wines

to

be

sold

in

dock,

and

requests

an

order

to

taste

them.

The

seller

manages

to

provide

him

also,

with

an

order,

or

two,

for

some

other

Wines,

a

little

higher

in

price,

the

consequence

is,

the

purchaser

tastes

the

whole,

finds

a

material

difference,

calls

again

on

the

seller,

and

is

either

persuaded

to

take

a

cask

of

that,

at

the

advanced

price,

or

else,

to

be

supplied

out

of

one

of

the

large

IVine

vats,

on

the

same

terms

as

stated

for

the

lowest

quality

of

those

in

dock,

being

assured

that

it

is

a

similar

description

of

Wine,

only

improved

so

much,

by

lying

in

so

great

a

body.

Thus,

we

see

that

whether

the

operations

of

our

placarders

and

advertisers,

be

confined

to

the

art

of

adulteration,

that

of

displaying

in

their

advertise-

ments

to

the

greatest

advantage,

the

superior

qua-

lifications,

they

so

modestly

claim

to

themselves,

above

all

other

dealers,

in

the

knowledge

and

mode

of

purchasing,

and

disposing

of

Wines

and

Spirits,,

in

deceiving

the

Public

with

pompous

offers,

(the

conditions

of

which,

however,

are

so

framed,

that

only

one

point

of

law

is

given

to

their

customers,

whilst

the

sum

of

the

remaining

nine,

viz.

pos-

session

of

the

cash,

is

retained

by

themselves),

or