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Of Breads, fifteen in number, I can report
favourably. In one of them I estimated the amount
of alumina present, and found it to be equal to
5 grains of ammonium alum in the four-pound
loaf.
Peppers, six in number, analyzed. One alone
was very dirty, and contained about 8 percent.
of sand. It was largely made up of sweepings, but
I could not say it was adulterated. The vendor
was, I believe, informed of the character of the
article.
Mustards, (3) were subject to the remarks that I
have so often made. They were unadulterated, and
quite fitted as condiments. But, for outward applications,
in illness, it would be better to purchase of
the Chemist, or such an one as is well known by its
brand.
Coffees, also three in number, were genuine-
Cacoas vary in the most extraordinary manner.
Of the three which I have examined, No. 41 was very
poor; No. 43 was better. But the flaked Cacoa No.
15 was very good. As Nos. 41 and 13 were