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Rh before mashing; or still better, a quantity of charcoal and lime should be boiled in it, which will, in some measure, correct the putridity. Would the action of chloride of lime be advantageous in such cases?

Running water from rivers or rivulets, although preferable to stagnant water, is still open to some of the same objections, being liable to contain some organic matter. In the first place, We do not know how many different mineral springs may be discharged into it; and in the next place, it is, in summer, liable to be contaminated with the same impurities as stagnant water, although perhaps not to so great an extent.

We shall sum up the Whole that may be advanced on this subject, by recommending the purest water which can be found, as fittest for brewing; and by stating that spring-water (not mineral) when immediately pumped up, has the best chance of being pure.