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dients are mixed in the following proportion, 

 according to Mr. Edwards. 



GALLONS. 



Dunder on half, or - - - - 50 



f Molasses ... 6 



Sweets, 12 per cent. < Scummings, being equal to 



{ 6 gallons more of molasses 36 



Water 8 



100 



Of this mixture (or wash as it is sometimes 

 called) 1200 ought to produce 300 of low 

 wines. The method of adding all the mo- 

 lasses at once, which is done after the fermen- 

 tation commences, renders the process safe 

 and expeditious ; whereas, by charging the 

 molasses at different times, the fermentation 

 is checked, and the process delayed. 



These ingredients are well mixed and fer- 

 mented in a cistern for seven or eight days, 

 when it throws up clear heads or globules, 

 and is fit for distillation. The first distillation 

 produces a spirit called low wines. To make 

 it rum of Jamaica proof, it undergoes a 

 second distillation ; thus 220 of proof rum 

 are made from 530 of low wines ; or about 

 113 of rum from 1200 of wash. 



It will be observed, that the description of 

 cultivating the canes and making the sugar, 



