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lower

than

the

Pale,

although such

as

are

of

a

su-

perior

kind,

fetch

prices

altogether

as

much

higher.

To

a

portion

of

this

low

description

of

Brown

Sherry,

is

introduced

Cape,

Brandy

Cowe,

and

numerous

other

ingredients,

in

varied

proportions,

according

to

the

tastes

of

the

different

makers

up,

and

their

experience,

as to

what

will

best

assist

in

deceiving

the

Public.

My

object,

however,

will

be

to

point

out,

as

I

have

done

respecting

Port

Wine,

that

which

is

considered,

by

our

cheap

sellers,

the

most

effective

mode

of

doctoring

and

manufacturing

a

fictitious

resemblance

of

Pale

Sherry,

leaving

my

Readers

to

infer

therefrom,

the

means

which

are

employed

to

prepare

or

adul-

terate

any

other

kind

of

Sherry,

whether

to

be

sold

as

Brown

or

Amber-Coloured,

and

also

from

the

illustrative

Scale

which

I

am

about

to

submit,

(al-

though

only

calculated

as

to

what

is

supposed

to

make

up

the

best

imitation

of the

genuine

article,

and

adopted

but

by

a

few

of

our

more

knowing

Ad-

vertising

Dealers,)

to

form

some

slight

estimate

of

the

profitable

nature,

and

general

character,

of

the

concerns

at

which

such

mixtures

are

vended.

Pale

Sherries,

in

general,

as

possessing

scarcely

any

body,

being

less

prominent

in

point

of

flavor

than

the

Brown,

or

as

they

are

commonly

termed,

being

light

delicate

Wines,

on

which

accounts

they

are

usually

preferred

to

the

darker

Wines

of

the

same

name,

allow

perhaps

of

a

greater

extent

of

adul-

teration

than

almost

any

other

Wine

whatever,

and