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45

are

employed

with

Oil

of

Turpentine.

They

are

all

exceedingly

powerful,

and

the

proportions

made

use

of,

with

the

rest

of

the

materials,

(previously

to

their

having

1

undergone

any

change,)

seldom

ex-

ceed

a

quarter

of

an

ounce

of

the

Oils

of

Cassia,

Carraways,

and

Almonds;

and

of

the

Oil

of

Juni-

per,

one

ounce.

With

the

nature

and

properties

of

the

Extracts

of

Capsicums,

and

Grains

of

Paradise,

my

Readers

are

already

acquainted.

They

are

added,

with

the

other

ingredients,

to

the

100

gallons

of

made

up

Gin,

(if

reduced

to

the

lowest

price,)

in

quanti-

ties

of

about

a quart

of

either.

That

the

proportions

of the

different

ingredients

I

have

named,

are

varied

according

to

the

judg-

ments

and

tastes

of

the

Advertising

Wholesale

Dealer

or

Gin-shop-keeper,

as

well, as

that,

some-

times

several

articles

are struck

out

altogether,

or

their

places

supplied

by

others

equally

deleterious,

there

can

be

little

doubt

;

but,

that

the

materials

are

as

numerous,

and

used

in

as

considerable

quan-

tities,

is

proved

beyond

all

question,

by

this

simple

calculation

:

it

requires

forty-eight

gal-

lons

of

water

to

reduce

100

gallons

of

Gin,

pur-

chased

at

its

cheapest

rate,

to

one

of

the

prices

at

which

it

is

advertised,

(that

at

6*.

Qd.

per

gal-

lon,)

and

the

still

further

addition

of

forty

-four

gallons

more

of

water

(making

a

total

of

ninety-

two

gallons),

to

allow

of

the

profit

of

Is.

6d.

per

gallon.

This

alone

must

be

conclusive

to

every

mind,