93 UA-58907690-1
93
(which,
however,
bears
no
kind
of
relation,
either
in
costliness
or
quality,
to
the
genuine
article),
as
*
Fine
Old
East
India
Madeira,
at
unprecedented
cheap
prices,
for
ready
money
only.'
\Vith
re-
spect
to
WEST
INDIA
MADEIRA,
Which
ranks
next
to
the
article
on
which
I
have
just
remarked
;
if
intended
to
be
made
up,
so as to
partake
of
the
least
adulteration,
and
to
be,
as
our
cheap
sellers
term
it,
'
of
capital
quality,'
the
fol-
lowing
is
the
mode
in
which
it
is
treated
:
to
a
portion of
good
West
India
Madeira,
is
added
a
quantity
of
Old
Thin
Direct
Madeira,
which
would
otherwise
be
unsaleable,
and
to
which,
if
too
nearly
approaching
to
acidity,
a
few
ounces
of
Carbonate
of
Soda
is
applied,
in
order
to
rid
it
of
that
quality,
and
render
it
more
fit
for
use.
After
being
well
rummaged
together
in
the
cask
or
vat,
if
it
be
thought
by
the
maker
up,
too
poor,
a
small
quantity
of
Mountain,
is
introduced
to
en-
rich
it.
The
whole,
however,
when
thus
mixed
up,
on
the
plan
to
answer
the
views
of
the
most
conscientious
of
our
advertisers,
constitutes
the
ar-
ticle,
sold
under
the
title
of
*
Fine
Old
Soft-fla-
vored
West
India
Madeira?
at
prices,
which
leave
a
profit,
of,
at
least
twenty-five
per
cent,
although
if
genuine,
it
would
cost
an
equal
per
centage
more.
The
Wine,
to
which
I
have
now
to
proceed,
as
pos-
sessing
the
next
relation
in
point
of
character,
is