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linings.

This

is

done

in

the

proportion

of

three

pints

of

blood,

to

every

Jhundred

gallons

of

the

compound,

if

it

is

to

appear

distinctly

as

Pale

Sherry

;

but

if

it

is

only

meant

to

pass

for

Amber-

coloured

Sherry,

one

pint

and

a

half,

of

this

de-

lectable

ingredient,

is

enough.

The

whole

mixture,

however,

after

lying

ten

days

or

so,

is

bottled

off,

or

racked

into

quarter

casks,

&sc.

and

is

then

con-

sidered

fit

to

be

advertised,

and

sold as

genuine

Sherry,

under

whichever

character,

as to

colour,

it

has

been

made

to

represent.

Another

article

sometimes

introduced,

and

supposed

to

be

a

capital

material

to

assist

in

the

manufacture

of

fictitious

Sherry,

on

the

best

system

to

deceive

the

Public,

is,

BRITISH

RAISIN

WINE

;

but

as

my

informa-

tion

is

not

so

conclusive

as

to

this

being

much

in

use,

any

further

than

with

a

very

few,

even

of

those

who

are

considered

the

cleverest

adepts

;

for

the

sake

of

accuracy

in

detail,

I

have

not

included

it,

in

the

Example,

I

am

about

to

submit.

For

the

purpose

of

mingling,

and

intimately

combining,

in

the

most

effectual

manner,

the

dif-

ferent

ingredients,

for

the

making

up

of

spurious

Pale

Sherry,

which

I

have

thus

placed

before

my

Readers

;

the

erection

of

a

vat,

or

vats,

is

not

less

necessary

and

advantageous,

than

for

the

fabrica-

tion

of

Port;

independently

of

Sherry,

being

a

the

same

purpose

as

Lamb's

Blood,

but

its

effect

lias

been

found

to

be

so

very

deficient

in

several

respects,

that,

I

believe,

its

use,

is

now

entirely

superseded

by

the

latter

more

valuable

ingredient.