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THE
COMPLETE
TRAGTICAL
DISTILLER.
mixture
has
undergone
a
total
change,
and
the
tub,
which
tk
few
hours
before
contained
a
compact
and
pasty
matter,
now
presents
a
liquid
completely
fluid,
slightly
sweet
and
saccharine
;
and
there
is
only
a
small
sediment
formed
at
the
bottom,
which
is
composed
of
the
husks
of
the
grain
and
of
the
rice,
and
also
of
a
few
lumps,
from
one
or
the
other
of
these
vegetables,
that
have
escaped
decomposition.
It
is
now
sufficient
to
lengthen
the
liquid
out
with
cold
water,
so as
to
bring
it
to
44^
density,
and
to
the
tempera-
ture
proper
for
fermentation.
This
proceeds
well
through
all
its
stages,
and
gives
a
vinous
liquor,
which
is
distilled
without
difficulty;
the
sediment
bein^:
so
small
and
of
so
little
strenirth,
that
it
may
be
neglected
without
any
prejudice.
This
operation
shows
the
utility
of
malt
in
the
fermentation
of
corn
in
every
light
;
and
it
is
here
evident
that
it
possesses
the
property
of
converting
the
fecula,
reduced
into
a
paste
by
boiling
water,
into
a
kind
of
soluble
matter
which
has
all
the
properties
belonging
to
sugar.
This
mode,
then,
is
very
practicable
in
the
distillation
of
rice
;
it
has
the
invaluable
advantage
of
giving
greater
and
better
pro-
ducts,
while
it
renders
the
wash
perfectly
fluid.