[1532] See B. xxi. c. 19.
[1533] Bees’ wax, Fée remarks, would not have this effect, but vinegar vessels would.
[1534] De Re Rust. c. 23.
[1535] The second “squeezings.”
[1536] If the wine is turning to vinegar, subacetate of lead will be formed.
[1537] They are tartrates, and have no affinity at all with nitre.
[1538] Casks, in fact, similar to those used in France at the present day. In Spain they use earthen jars and the skins of animals.
[1539] Oblong earthen vessels, used as vats.
[1540] “Ventruosa.” He means “round.”