D I S gallons, and add the requisite pro- portion of fine sugar, •I. < hange-tuatt r . '1 ik< of the yellow part of fresh orange-peel, 511-k. ; clean proof spirit, u I Ions and a half ; v. lions , and draw ofFten over a slow R riPiA, v. hich sec 6. USQUEBAUGH, to which C refer. By the 2 Geo. III. c. 5, and M Gbo. Ill c. 73, no distillers, or those who distil spiiits foi are allowed to have any still, or number of stills, which, either singly or together, contain less than 100 gallons, under the penalty of 1001.: and the wash-still is to hold at least 400 gallons, exclusive of the head, under a similar penalty. By tin- S and Q William III. c. ip, and 24 George III. c. 40, all distillers are to enter their ware- houses, stills, and vessels, &c. at die next office of excise, on pain of 20l.j and ail such persons as oc- cupy the same, if not entered, shall forfeit 501., and the vessels are to be marked by the gauger. Distillers, who use private pipes, &:c. for the conveying of distilled liquor, incur a forfeiture of iOOl. by the 10 and 1 1 Will. III. c. 4. They are also enjoined by the 12Geo.UI. c.46,and 14Geo.III. c. ~3, to make holes in the breast of the still, for taking gauges and samples ; and also to provide locks on the still -heads, the holes, dis- charge-cocks, and furnace doors, under a penalty of 50l. and of 2001. in case such lock or fastening be broken, or wilfully damaged, after it lias been secured by the proper officer. Distillers are farther required, by the 24 Geo. II. c. 40 ; 12 Geo. III. c. 46, and the 14 Geo. III. c. 73, to give notice to the officer »o. vi, — vol. 11, D1S lH$ of ( tim',
fore they receh 1
wine, cyder, tec. or any kin fermented w ash, on pain of 501. ■, and also before th< : 1 h ir je or open the still, 1 ibing the marks and numbers of the v. ash-batches us d: an ! th< ] prohibited iron charging the still with any other, under the penalty of lot;!.' For an account of the different duties and penalties imposed on British .spirits, we refer to the ar- tii i" Spirits. — The curious r< will also find many ingenious and useful hintskiMr. Cooper's" Com- plete System of Distillation."' DISTORTION is that irregular growth, or unnatural motion, by which any part of animal bodies becomes deformed. Although this term is generally used to express an uncouth contraction of one side of the mouth, yet in this place we shall treat chiefly of those distor- tions of the bones which proceed either from external injuries, or diseased constitutions, such as a morbid state of the bones, con- 1 muscles, &c. This affec- tion most frequently appears in ricketty or scrophulous children, or adults of a very delicate and de- bilitated frame. Distortions of the spine often arise in consequence of continuing too long in any particular posture ; a circumstance which ought to be attended to from the very com- mencement of the complaint. — ■ Hence the patient should be accus- tomed gradually to turn himself to the opposite side, and to sleep upori a firm hair mattress, where his body may lie on a more equal sur- face than in the effeminating fea- ther-bed. At the same time, a nourishing and regular system of diet, sometimes the cool, at othen b the
