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fectly cured. The Clay ufed for Sugar is ordinary pale Clay expos id | 
to che Air, then mixt with Water to che confiftence of a Syrup, af- 
terwards it is {trained through a Colender, and powred on the Pors 
where it flands till ic fiaks the Sugar in them pretty low, fometimes 
half ia half. No quick Lime is uled in double Refined Sugar the {c- 
condtime. The Molofius dropt from once Refined Sugar is calles 
Baftard, it is boil’d up again, and clay’d to make it white. Four Gail. 
lons of Moloflus yield three of Rum, but in England four, becaute 
of the Fermentation, which in Jamaica being brisker from the heac 
of the Air, evaporates more of the Spirits, Three Loaves of once 
refined Sugar, make two of double refined. The {mall quantity thac 
is fent into England is beaten to pieces in a wooden Trough. Clay- 
ing Sugar, as they report here, was firft found out in Brazil, a 
Hen having her Feet dirty, going over a Pot of Sugar by acci- 
dent, it was found under her tread to be whiter than elfewhere, 
A Refining-Houfe is worth fix thoufand Pounds, of which there 
are but cwo in the whole Iland, one at the Angels and this here. 
The Stoves are beft arched. Pots for refining Sugar are made at 
Lignanee, though more brittle and dearer than when brought from 
England, but they are made here to fupply the prefene need of 
the Planters ; the Clay of which they are made, is dug up near 
the place. | | | 
_ Lhave feen Sugar made at feveral Plantations; they make it by 
bruifing the Canes between Iron Rollers, in a Mill drawn by Oxen, 
the Figure whercof is to be feenin Pifo, and feveral Authors, The 
juice is conveyed into the Boiling houfe, where in a Ciftern is mixe 
about two handfuls of Lime, with One hundred and filty Gallons 
of juice, and then both are let into fix Coppers one after another, 
where it is boiled and fcumm’d. The Scum is conveyed to the Still- 
houfe, only that of the fifth Copper is put into a Jar, that it may 
be again boiled, in the fit Copper, becaufe ic is purer than the 
teft, and fo will yield Sugar. In the fixth, with a little Oil or 
Greale, to lay its huffing and boiling over, it is boil’d up to Su- 
gar, and fo coold in Troughs, and cartied into Pots, where, bya 
ftick run through it, a hole is made, whereby the Moloflus is drain- 
ed from it, and leaves the Sugar white. This Moloflus mix’d 
with Water, as well as {cum or juice from bad Canes, is carried in- 
to the Diftilling-houfe ; where, after Fermentation, when it begins 
to fubfide, they in che night cime diftil it all chrown into the Fire it 
burns riot: this in che day time is Re-diltilled, and from Low-Wines 
is call’d high Wines or Rum. | 
Every feveral Soil requires a feveral Ternper, as a Lye of Athes 
with Lime or Lime-water, ec. which is mixt in the vee Cop- 
pet, For this reafon the Overleer always gives notice to the Sugar. 
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