260. _To restore pricked British Wines._

Rack the wines down to the lees into another cask, where the lees

of good wines are fresh, then put a pint of strong aqua vitæ, and

scrape half a pound of yellow bees-wax into it, which by heating the

spirit over a gentle fire, will melt: after which dip a piece of

cloth into it, and when a little dry, set on fire with a brimstone

match, put it into the bung-hole, and stop it up close.