255. _Another Method._

Boil a gallon of wine, with some beaten oyster-shells and crabs’

claws burnt into powder, an ounce of each to every ten gallons of

wine; then strain out the liquor through a sieve, and when cold, put

it into wine of the same sort, and it will give it a pleasant lively

taste. A lump of unslacked lime put into the cask will also keep wine

from turning sour.