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prosecution. In this respect the wholesale tradesman has
a great advantage over the retail tradesman.
Of four Butters, one consisted of more than half
Butterine.
Three Coffees were distinctly genuine.
So also were four samples of Mustard.
Of three Vinegars, two contained sulphuric acid. The
quantity was well within the permitted, but inasmuch as it
is totally unnecessary for the keeping of the Vinegar, and
might be decidedly hurtful to those who indulge much in
salads and such like, I think I should recommend people to
mix for themselves if they like both acids.
Two Ales and two Porters have been analysed. I shall
no longer report that they are of the nature, substance, and
quality demanded, because I don't know what people
expect when they ask for beer. Some can only be said to
be allowed by law, and are therefore of the nature of beer.
When the article is brewed with London water, and you
find over 50 grains of chlorides of potassium and sodium,
you know that these do not come from malt and hops, but
from the common sugars employed. Such quantities of
licorice are found in some Porters, as, for example, in one
of these, that it must be altogether a matter of taste as to
what people require in their drink. We only know that
Beers and Porters are most uncertain alcoholic drinks.
Two Breads require only to be mentioned. Both of
them contain less of salt than is generally present. One of