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staves
of
the
Brandy
puncheons.
As
soon
as
the
Brandy
is
racked
from
the
puncheons,
four
or
five
gallons
of
water
are
immediately
put
in,
and
allowed
to
remain
three
or
four
weeks,
at
the
expiration
of
which
time,
they
have
imbibed
a
considerable
portion
of
spirit;
this
material
is
called
Cowe,
and
is
chiefly
used
in
the
adulteration
of
Cape
and
other
Wines;
but,
as
that
will
be
treated
of
when
I
arrive
at
another
part
of
my
subject,
I
shall
now
proceed
to
the
article
of
RUM.
*
And
here,
I
may
observe,
that,
with
regard
to
the
opportunities
for
its
adulteration,
the
same
facilities
exist
as
in
Brandy,
the
same
impositions
are
practised
in
point
of
strength,
and
the
same
means
possessed
and
resorted
to
of
evading
the
no-
tice
of
the
Exciseman.
I
should,
however,
inform
my
readers,
that,
as
sweets
are
but
seldom
or
never
used
in
sufficient
quantities
with
Rum
(owing
to
the
peculiar
flavor
of
that
Spirit)
to
prevent
a
trial
of
its
strength
by
the
hydrometer,
and
which
con-
sequently
renders
it
more
liable
to
the
surveillance
of
the
Excise
Officer,
the
Advertising
Cheap
Dealers,
as
some
alternative,
are
therefore
in
the
habit
of
keeping
on
hand
a
less
stock
of
it,
of
an
illegal
strength,
though
no
diminution
takes
place
in
the
quantity
sold,
as
the
punishment
entailed
on
the
of-
fence
(and
the
same
with
Brandy,
Rum,
Hollands,