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SOxME
DIRECTIONS
TO
THE
DISTILLER.
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the
fire.
Special
care
must
be
taken
that
no
manner
of
grease,
tallow,
soap,
or
any
other
such
like
unctuous
mat-
ter,
get
or
fall
into
the
tubs,
rundlets,
or
cans,
because
they
quite
take
oflf
all
manner
of
proof
of
the
goods;
and
although
the
strength
be
very
high,
yet
they
will
appa-
rently
fall
as
flat
as
water,
and
then
their
strength
can
only
be
ascertained
by
the
hydrometer.
Li^ghted
candles,
torches,
paper,
or
other
combustible
matters,
should
never
be
brought
near
the
still
or
any
vessel
where
the
goods
are
contained,
which
are
subject
to
take
fire
upon
very
slight
occasions.
But
should
an
accident
take
place,
get
immediately
a
woollen
blanket
or
rug,
drenched
in
water,
and
cast
upon
the
flame,
which
will
extinguish
it
by
excluding
the
air.
Some
persons,
after
the
still
is
charged,
make
a
luting
or
paste,
made
half
of
Spanish
whiting
and
the
other
of
rye-
meal,
bean-meal,
or
wheat-flour,
well
mixed
together,
and
made
with
water
of
the
consistence
of
an
ordinary
paste
for
baking
;
and
having
put
on
the
still-head,
work
and
make
it
pliable,
and
spread
it
upon
the
junctures
of
the
body
and
head
of
the
still,
to
keep
in
the
goods
from
boiling
over.
Reserve
a
piece
of
the
paste,
lest
the
lut-
ing
should
crack
or
break
out,
which
is
very
dangerous.
It
is
a
custom
among
some
gentlemen
of
the
trade
to
put
one-third
or
one-fourth
part
of
proof
molasses-brandy
pro-
portionally
to
what
rum
they
dispose
of,
which
cannot
be
distinguished
but
by
an
extraordinary
palate,
and
docs
not
at
all
lessen
the
body
or
proof
of
the
goods,
but
makes
them
something
cheaper.
To
recover
or
amend
any
common
waters,
or
genevas,
will
take
such
a
quantity
of
proof
or
double
goods
of
the
same
kind
or
denomina-
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