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from the surrounding Crater. Consequently they can 

 }iave no circulation of the sap, having no vessels to 

 convey it from one end of the plant to the other. 



2. Many physicians affirm, that sugar is unwhole- 

 some, and most that it destroys the teeth. But how 

 will this agree with the following account ? " My 

 grandfather, says Dr. Slare^took as much sugar as his 

 butter spread upon bread would receive for his daily 

 breakfast. He put sugar into all his ale and beer, 

 and into all the sauces he used to his meat. At 

 eighty years old he had all his teeth strong and firm, 

 .(having nerer had the tooth-ach) and never refused 

 the hardest crust. In the 82d year one of his teeth 

 came out, and in two or three years all the rest. But 

 others filled up their room, and in a short time he 

 had a new set quite round. His hair also from very 

 white became dark. He continued in health and 

 strength, and died without any disease, in his ninety, 

 ninth or hundredth year." 



3. It is not only from the canes that sugar is ex. 

 tracted. In New England, much of it is made from 

 the juice of the Upland Maple. They v first make a 

 hole in the tree, within afoot of the ground, shelving 

 inward, so as to hold abont a pint. Then they tap 

 this hole, and by a reed draw off the liquor into a 

 vessel. A large tree will yield between the begin, 

 rning of February and the end of April twenty gal. 

 Ions of juice. A gallon in boiling sixteen hours is 

 reduced to three pints, and yields more than two pounds 

 of sugar, which our physicians prefer to all other for 

 medicinal uses. 



4. Molasses likewise may be procured without sugar 

 canes. This was discovered a few years ago, by Mr. 

 Chandler of Woodstock, in New England, an inland 

 town, where the common molasses is scarce and dear. 

 Ever since both he and his neighbours supply them- 

 selves with it, out of their own orchards. The apple 



