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strong vinegar yields a taste and smell. The com- bined odor of the acid and the spirit is similar to acetic ether, and would be a desirable flavor for any liquor. The discussion would digress from the object of this work to inquire into the propriety of the use or disuse of a mineral acid in this business. The ar- gument that proscribes the use of it in this instance would apply with equal force to its use in the manu- facture of soda and mineral waters ; and as found in some brands of lemon syrup and the acidulated beverages that are prescribed by the medical faculty. The proportion used in spirit is comparatively small to that used for other manufacturing purposes, as a glassful of the spirit does not contain a greater quantity than one drop 1