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If any one will take the trouble duly to consider the matter, he will find that upon no one subject is the industry of man kept more constantly on the alert than upon the making of wine ; as if Nature had not given us water as a beverage, the one, in fact, of which all other animals make use. IF ANY ONE WILL TAKE THE TROUBLE DULY TO CONSIDER THE MATTER HE WILL FIND THAT UPON NO ONE SUBJECT IS THE INDUSTRY OF MAN KEPT MORE CONSTANTLY ON THE ALERT THAN UPON THE MAKING OF WINE AS IF NATURE HAD NOT GIVEN US WATER AS A BEVERAGE THE ONE IN FACT OF WHICH ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS MAKE USE
overs throw out a sort of sweat. When wine very soon flowers on the surface and emits an odour, it is a sign that it will not keep. As to defrutum and sapa, it is recommended to commence boiling them when there is no moon to be seen, or, in other si "Ventruosa." He means "round.'' 52 As oblong ones, probably. 53 While fermenting, and before racking off. 54 Flos vini, the Mycoderma vini of Desmazieres, a mould or pellicule which forms on the surface, and afterwards falls and is held in suspension. 270 plint's natural histort. [BookXIY. words, at the conjunction of that planet, and at no other time. Leaden55 vessels should be used for this purpose, and not copper56 ones, and walnuts are generally thrown into them, from a notion that they absorb57 the smoke. In Campania they ex- pose the very finest wines in casks in the open air, it being the- opinion that it tends to improve the wine if it is exposed to the action of the sun and moon, the rain and the winds. CHAP. 28. (22.) DRUNKENNESS. ED NEVER TO OPEN THE VESSELS EXCEPT IN FINE WEATHER NOR YET WHILE A SOUTH WIND IS BLOWING OR AT A FULL MOON THE FLOWER OF WINE WHEN WHITE IS LOOKED UPON AS A GOOD SIGN BUT WHEN IT IS RED IT IS BAD UNLESS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO BE THE COLOR OF THE WINE THE VESSELS TOO SHOULD NOT BE HOT TO THE TOUCH NOR SHOULD THE COVERS THROW OUT A SORT OF SWEAT WHEN WINE VERY SOON FLOWERS ON THE SURFACE AND MISS AN ODOR IT IS A SIGN THAT IT WILL NOT KEEP AS TO THE FRUUDA MANSAPA IT IS RECOMMENDED TO COMMENCE BOILING THEM WHEN THERE IS NO MOON TO BE SEEN OR IN OTHER WORDS AT THE CONJUNCTION OF THAT PLANET AND AT NO OTHER TIME LEADEN VESSELS SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE AND NOT COPPER ONES AND WALNUTS ARE GENERALLY THROWN INTO THEM FROM A NOTION THAT THEY ABSORB THE SMOKE IN CAMPAIGNIA THEY EXPOSE THE VERY FINEST WINES IN CASKS IN THE OPEN AIR IT BEING THE OPINION THAT IT TENDS TO IMPROVE THE WINE IF IT IS EXPOSED TO THE ACTION OF THE SUN AND MOON THE RAIN AND THE WINDS CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT DRUNKENNESS
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