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great care fhould be taken to keep the water cool about the worm, for the more it is 

 fo the ftronger the fpirit will be (g) the more in quantity and the mellower. 



But though this be the common proportion and method of manageing the ingre- 

 dients of which rum is made, a great many planters who diftil considerable quanti- 



yearly, mix up their liquors in the following manner, and take 

 one and a half molaffes, and as much lees: but this requires a 



of that 



three parts of 



o 



fermentation, which generally 



great quantity of good fp 



And 



or accident happ 



have large quantities of bad 



from ten to twenty days, and yields 



being weak handed, neglect, 



fcald the juice and put 



it 



the fame ufe ; but this ferments fufficiently in about three days, and 



affords either a good fpirit or a confiderable quantity 





The bell: managers of plantations generally get about two hundred gallons of good 



common proof-rum (b) for every three hogiheads of fu 



th 



proportion 



ft 



however vary with the cane, for in fome plants the juice is more clammy, and 

 off more fkimmings and molafles than that of others. 



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PANICUM i. Siheftre, panicula rariori oblongd^picisjimplicibus uno verfu 



jioridis* 



The fmaller Panicum with fimple fpikes. 



This plant grows commonly in the moit fhady woods, and is feldom feen in the 

 low lands : it rifes generally to the height of two feet or better, and is furniihed 

 with pretty large leaves, and bearded fpikes : fome of its floral parts are a little differ- 

 ent from thofe of the other fpecies, and inferted here on that account. 



Perkntium. Gluma bivahis conico-ovata, vahulis arijld terminates, exteriori 



longijjimd '. 



Corolla Gluma bivahis, extima calicinis fimilis fetd minor i terminata. 









PANICUM 2. Majus, paniculd rariori, fpicillis kngioribus uno verfu 



floridis. 



Gramen Paniceum maximum, &c, Slo. Cat. 30. 



Th 



s pi 



lands of Jc 



ftabled cattle : it is planted 



Scotch Grafs. 



cultivated, and thrives very luxuriantly in all the low and marfhy 

 here it is now almofi univerfally ufed as fodder for all their 



the towns with g 



and found to be one of 



root, 



the moll: beneficial productions of the Ifland j it is propagated by the joints or 

 and fet in fmall drilled holes placed about two feet and a half afunder ; the young 

 fhoots begin to appear in a few days, and as they grow, they fpread and creep alono- 

 the ground, calling a few roots, and throwing out frelh Ihoots from every joint, as 

 they run j thefe foon fupply the land, and fill the field with Handing plants, the only 



that are generally 



It rifes varioully according to the moiftu 



d 



of the foyl, but its general growth is from two to four feet, and is fit to cut in fix 

 months from the firft planting, and every month or fix weeks after, if the feafons 



fall 



in 



kindlv 



d d 



care be taken to keep the ground free from weeds 



An 



either 

 Kingjlon or Spanifitown, is computed to bring in above a hundred and twenty pounds 



year ; and is not attended with to much expence or fo many inconveniencies as when 



of good land well flocked with this plant in a feafonable part 



(g) In the Windward lfiands they lay by as much of 



fpirit as will carry a full bead, the remain- 



fire, being put up as lower wines for a fecond diftillation ; but in 7 



and pafs them over aga 



the lower wines of 



of 



the 



(h) iiee an Eflay upon Planterlhip 



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