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noticed in this volume, — is an Instance of 

 the justice of the observation. I did not 

 see any thing green in it, except the corn ; 

 but never beheld a more beautiful sight : it 

 would have staggered my belief, had 1 not 

 seen the country, and the manner in which 

 these people live. 



The Americans, from the nature of the 

 country, consume very little either of wheat 

 or rye flour ; Indian corn flour being more 

 congenial for their use. Yeast is only to be 

 had in winter, and that in a few tov/ns : 

 country places possess none at any time. 

 The baker's bread is raised, therefore, by 

 means of the following substitute: bran and 

 water, boiled with a small quantity of hops, 

 molasses, or sugar, worked up with flour 

 and salt, and a kind of yeast made in the 

 same manner, first beginning with yeast 

 from malt liquor, and keeping a small 

 quantity to work the preparation ; conse- 

 quently, it is of a very weak nature, and the 

 bread made with it is sour in twelve hours 

 after baking in the heat of summer, ex- 



