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mixture has undergone a total change, and the tub, which

tk few hours before contained a compact and pasty matter, now presents a liquid completely fluid, slightly sweet and saccharine ; and there is only a small sediment formed at the bottom, which is composed of the husks of the grain and of the rice, and also of a few lumps, from one or the other of these vegetables, that have escaped decomposition. now sufficient to lengthen the liquid out with cold water, so as to bring it to 44^ density, and to the tempera- ture proper for fermentation. This proceeds well through all its stages, and gives a vinous liquor, which is distilled without difficulty; the sediment bein^: so small and of so little strenirth, that it may be neglected without any prejudice. This operation shows the utility of malt in the fermentation of corn in every light ; and it is here evident that it possesses the property of converting the fecula, reduced into a paste by boiling water, into a kind of soluble matter which has all the properties belonging to sugar. This mode, then, is very practicable in the distillation of rice ; it has the invaluable advantage of giving greater and better pro- ducts, while it renders the wash perfectly fluid. It is