How to use this ordinary still

You must lay Wood Ashes thick at the Bottom, on that the Plate, then the Iron-pan, which you are to fill with your Walnuts and Liquor, then put on the Head of the Still, make a pretty brisk Fire till the Still begins to drop, then slacken it so as just to have enough to keep the Still at Work, and mind all the Time to keep a wet Cloth all over the Head of the Still all the Time it is at Work, and always observe, not to let the Still work longer than the Liquor is good, and take great Care you don’t burn the Still; and thus you may Distil what you please. If you draw the Still too far it will burn, and give your Liquor a bad Taste.