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they
may
be,
and
are
applied,
are
quite
sufficient
to
deter
every
fair
dealer
(if
only
for
the
sake
of
his
credit),
from
resorting
1
to
their
aid,
and
to
in-
duce
every
purchaser,
decidedly
to
discountenance
their
use.
That,
inferior
Wines
might
be
improved
in
vats,
by
being
blended
with
good,
if
it
was
possible
to
prevent
even
their
being
adulterated,
there
can
be
but
little
doubt
to
those
acquainted
with
the
nature
of
Wines
in
general;
but,
alas!
no
one
except
our
modern
adulterators
themselves,
and
the
very
bung-holes
of
their
vats,
are
acquainted
with
the
nature
of
all
the
different
articles
of
which
the
latter
are
made
the
receptacles.
Brandy
and
Hum
Cowe,
(the
rinsings
of the
puncheons
as
soon
as
the
Spirit
is
taken
from
them,)
slops
of
all
descrip-
tions,
Cape
Wine,
Cyder,
Colouring,
Sal
Tartar,
with
any
thing
else,
which
is,
or
is
thought
to
be,
capable
of
forming
a
tolerable
basis,
or
in
any
other
way
useful
in
manufacturing
a
resemblance
of
the
particular
denomination
of
Wine,
intended
to
be
sold,
are
occasionally
mixed
together
in
their
capacious
bodies,
and
discharged
again
as
ge-
nuine
Port
or
Sherry,
according
to
whichever
Wine,
the
contents
of
the
vat,
have
been
made
up
to
represent.
On
applying
to
a
cheap
Wine
vender,
possessed
of
such
highly
advantageous
and
necessary
utensils,
the
first
thing
of
which
he
speaks,
is
the
wonder-
ful
extent
to
which
his
Wines,
although
originally
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