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be provided as many pnils as there arc filterers in use;for
each pail there must be apportioned half of a sheet of blot
ting paper, prepared as^follows: rub each piece of paper
in your hands until it becomes smooth and pliant, as near
to cloth as possible; then place it in the pail tvith a little
water constantly beating it and rubbing it together with
the hands until it comes to the consistency of a soft or
pulpy matter; afterward more water should be added,
continuing the process of beating up the pulpy substance
similar to the usual mode of beating up eggs; the pail
must then be filled,and the contents thrown into the filterer.
When the water has run through,fill up again so as to keep
the filterer full, and when the water runs dear let the
whole of the water pass through, and the bag is prepared
to filter. Place a fiv-egallon demijohn under the filterer,
vrith funnel, fiU another demijohn with the liquor to be