“4 JAN ACCOUNT or THE 
other. The Molaffes may be made:to compofe the. bafis 
ofa pleafantfummerbeer. The fap ofthe Maple ismoreover 
capable of affording a fipirit, but, we hope this,.precious 
juice will never be ptoftituted! by, ouncitizens to this izno- 
ble purpofe. ; Should the ufe.of fugar in diet become more 
general in our country, it may tend»to leffen the inclinati+ 
on or fuppofed neceflity for fpirits, for Lb have obferved a 
relifh for fugar in diet to be feldom accompanied by a love 
for ftrong drink. | Jt is the: fugar which. is mixed with;tea 
which makes it fo generally ;diflagreeable. to drunkards; 
But a dict confifting of a plentifulomixture.of .fugar. has 
other advantages to recommend it which! hall briefly enu- 
merate. | | 
1. Sugar affords the greateft quantity of nourifhment 
ina given quantity of matter of any fubflance in natures 
of courfe it may be preferved in lefs room in our houfes, 
and may be confumed in lefs time, than more bulky and 
lefs nourifhing aliment, It has this peculiar advantage 
over moft kinds of aliment, that it is not lable to have 
its nutritious qualities affected by time or the weather; 
hence it is preferred by the Indians in their excurfions from 
home: ‘They mixa certain quantity of maple fugar, with 
an equal quantity of Indian corn, dried and powdered, in 
its milky ftate. This mixture is packed in little bafkets, 
which are frequently wetted in travelling, without injuring 
the fugar. A few fpoonfulls of it mixed with halt a pint 
of {pring water, afford them a pleafant and flrengthening 
meal. From the degrees of ftrength and nourifhment, 
which are conveyed into animal bodies by a {mall bulk 
of fugar, I conceive it might be given to horfes with great 
advantage, when they are ufed in places or under circum- 
ftances which make it difficult or expenfive to fupport 
them, with more bulky or weighty aliment. A pound of 
fugar with grafs or hay, | have been told, has fupported the 
ftrength and fpirits of an horfe, during a whole day’s la- 
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