Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 349
animal, it isfirst thoroughly cleansed by repeated washings andsoaking, until no unpleasant odor remains. Thenthe places where the legs had been are sewed upsecurely ; and where the neck was is left the open-ing for receiving and discharging the contents ofthe bottle. Care is also taken that the… … THE WATER-CARRIER. and if Ihe liquid be wine, ?iew wine especially, thefermentation will tax the strength of the hide tothe uttermost. Hence the Oriental maxim quotedby the Savior: New wine must be put into newbottles; and both are preserved. Old bottles mayanswer for old wine, whose fermentation…
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