Let this remain for nine Days, till it changes of a clean yellow
Colour, and it will be then fit to distil; then put it into an Alembic, and
you will have what we call the Low-Wines. A Day or two after distil it
again, and in the Cap of the Still, hang a small muslin Bag of sweet
Fennel-Seeds, and the Spirit will be of a fine Flavour. Some will use
Anniseed in the Bag, and some use a little Musk with the sweet Fennel
Seeds, or else distil the Spirit twice, _viz._, once with the sweet
Fennel-Seeds, and the next with a little Musk.
_N.B._ The wooden Vessels, or open Tubs, must not be made of any Wood that
is unwholesome, or sweet-scented; such as Deal, Firr, or Manchineel.
In _England_, Treacle may be used with equal Success, and is cheap enough
to get a good livelihood; as appears by the several Ways mention'd above,
that have been privately experienced.
To make _Citron-Water,_ from _Barbadoes._
Take Citron, or Lemon Flowers, for the word Citron in _French_ signifies
Lemon; though we generally in _England_ esteem the large Lemons to be
Citrons, and the middle-siz'd we call Lemons, and the smallest of that race
is call'd the Lime. In these, however, there are as many varieties as we
have in Apples, one is finer flavour'd than the other.
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