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spirits of a horse during a whole day's labour 

 in one of the West India islands. A lamer 

 quantity given alone has fattened horses and 

 cattle, during the war before last, in Hispa- 

 niola, for a period of several months, in which 

 the exportation of sugar and the importation 

 of grain were prevented by the want of ships. 



In crop time, every negro on the planta- 

 tions, and every animal, even the dogs, get 

 fat. This sufficiently proves the nourishing 

 and healthy qualities of sugar. 



Sugar has also been found a remedy for 

 the scurvy, and a valuable article of food in 

 cases of necessity. M. Imbert de Lennes, 

 first surgeon to the Duke of Orleans, pub- 

 lished the following narrative in the Gazette 

 de Sante, which confirms this assertion : " A 

 vessel laden with sugar bound from the West 

 Indies, was becalmed in its passage for seve- 

 ral days, during which the stock of provisions 

 was exhausted. Some of the crew were 

 dying of the scurvy, and the rest were 

 threatened with a still more terrible death. 

 In this emergency, recourse was had to the 

 sugar. The consequence was, the symptoms 

 of the scurvy went off, the crew found it a 

 wholesome and substantial aliment, and re- 

 turned in good health to France." 



