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218 Another lot of this same beer went to Messrs. Watson and Co., and I beg leave, also, to insert a short extract of their letter to me, of date, Calcutta, 9th April, 1833.

"We wrote to you on the 17th of November, to which we refer you.—Your beer is now ripe, and confirms what we then wrote you; it is really most excellent, and, as such, We are disposing of it in small quantities, so as it may be known."

This, at all events, proves that long boiling is not essential to the preservation of beer; and I have come to the conclusion, that long boiling can do no good, but may do harm. Unless, therefore, longer time should be required for strength, one hour’s boiling will sufficiently break the first Worts, and two hours, at the utmost, will do the same by any other wort.

"London, Dec. 3. 1839.

"In answer to your note, I can only say with regard to your beer supplied me when 'in the Castle Huntly' the quality was highly approved of, not only by your acquaintance, but also the principal tasters in Calcutta, and by every one who drank it.

"I had some of Hodson’s, and Ind and Smith's, but your’s was preferred, not only on board, but