168 THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 
self, takes great interest in the development of our new 
plant, which, both as foddet, cereal, saccharine, spirit, 
beer, and wine, seems destined to add so largely to our 
wealth as a nation. 
DESCRIPTION OF GROUND PLAN. 
See p. 112. 
In the cut representing the plan of a sugar house, A represents the 
steam boilers outside of the building ; B the cane shed, built of brick 
or stone, with wide archways; C, the mill-house, having two floors, 
the mill on second floor ; D, the boiling-houses, with two trains, and a 
small office which overlooks both the mill and boiling houses; E, the 
cooling house ; and F the purgery. These two latter are ina separate 
building connected by a railroad, both to avoid risk of fire and admit 
of being kept locked up to prevent pilfering. G is the distillery, about 
one hundred yards removed from the other buildings. 
a shows the cane carrier ; } the mill and engine on the second floor, 
supported on solid masonry ; c a shute which takes the place of the 
bagasse carrier, and delivers the crushed canes into a mule cart under- 
neath, outside; d are juice tanks, to receive juice from mill; e are 
oblong defecators attached to the trains; f are the trains of pans; g 
railroads to carry the syrup to the coolers, and the sugar from coolers 
to purgery ; / are the coolers; 7 are the alley ways, level with furnace 
mouths ; k, furnace mouths ; /, sugar hogsheads in purgery. 
