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sugar were called loaf-sugar, and the syrup that trickled out 

 was called treacle. Nowadays the moulds are square and 

 shallow, but the name for the white sugar still remains the 

 same. Golden syrup has to a large extent taken the place of 

 treacle ; it is lighter in colour than treacle and clearer, and 

 is generally supposed to be purer. 



We take immense care and trouble to purify our sugar, but 



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in sugar-cane countries the natives are not so particular. 

 In India, for instance, in the bazaars, you can buy a nice piece 

 of sugar-cane for \d., and children, and grown-up people too, 

 just suck it as it is with no thought of its impurity. In the 

 West Indies people do the same and they are all said to look 

 very sleek and well fed and happy during the sugar harvest, 

 for, although sugar by itself will not sustain life, it is neverthe- 

 less very nutritious. 



As soon as we think of sugar our thoughts fly to the West 

 Indies, for we feel that here indeed is the real home of the 



