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boiled again to the crystallising point. A definite 

 quantity of castor oil seed water is then poured into 

 the syrup, with the effect, it is said, of making the 

 molasses run off the sugar crystals. That mixture is 

 then placed in earthen jars or coolers, having a hole 

 in the bottom and over the hole, a piece of mat, to 

 prevent sugar escaping with molasses. 



After several days, the crystallisation is made and 

 a layer of " Senar " " Valisnaria spiralis," a weed 

 growing on the banks of rivers, is placed on the sugar. 

 That weed withers very rapidly, the juice of which 

 passes through the sugar and cleans it in a remarkable 

 manner, and thus the chi7ii or best class of native made 

 sugar is obtained. 



Some samples of palm sugar were also exhited. 

 The plantation of palm trees are cultivated throughout 

 ropical India. 



The ryots climb the tall trees with the aid of 

 notches cut in the bark, making an incision close to 

 the leaves, which let the juice ooze out in gentle drops 

 into earthen jars which are fastened below the incision 

 and left to hang all night on the tree. The sap thus 

 collected is boiled down to a proper density in open 

 pans and a kind of thick molasses or Jaggery obtained. 

 Two kinds of trees chiefly yield palm sugar : 

 lo. The Palmyra Palm, very extensively culti- 

 vated in the Madras Presidency. 



2o. The wild Date, Fhcenix Sylvestris. 



In conclusion, it may be said that the specimens 



