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A is the defecator, B the first clarifier, C the second 
ditto, D evaporator, E teach, strike pan, or second evapo- 
rator, F the damper of the defecator, G a small ridge in 
the frame of the train, to prevent the concentrated juice 
from the evaporator and teach, in cases of overflow, run- 
ning back to the clarifiers; H is the furnace, [III the 
flue leading to the general chimney. 
The following cut (Figure 8) shows a transverse section 
of the train, to illustrate the setting of the pans: 
When once the train is started it goes on night and 
day, with an occasional stoppage of a day, now and 
then, to wash up, clear out the juice tanks and gutters, 
and do any little repairs that may be necessary, as well 
also as to give the negroes a holiday, which at this time 
they employ in sleep; not getting too much of the latter 
while crops last, especially if sugar is high, and it is an 
object to get it soon to market. 
Belonging to every estate there are a few old hands 
experienced in sugar-boiling, who can make just as good 
a strike of sugar as any sugar master, and to them is in- 
trusted the operations of the “battery,” with the sugar 
