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^i-om the kernel of the ground nu( ] have obtained an 

 <ii! pcri'i'.ctly sweet, as it v\ili be acknowledged on tasting 

 tliiit coiiUuued in the bottle which accomj)an!es this me* 

 moir. lis qualities render i^ jirclcraMe even to olive 

 oil, which is oitvu haish to the taste from its aptitude 

 to 1 acridity; for ii is roa'ly aoreeabie I-iUiii few qaarteis 

 of France an«i Italy. Ttie ground nut, on the contrary 

 S'OCDS.^ to possess the oily clement in its greatest purity, 

 G>p".eia!ly a few days after huvirso- been expressed, be- 

 cause st>nie feeuieucies arc fheri precipitated ; but what 

 gives to this oi! a decided suDcriority over that of the 

 olisc ib.tltat it does not become raiieid. I ke;;t it for a 

 \ou^ while e.\j)osed to the acUon of a brigrit sun, without 

 having its taste tiic least injured. Shosild it not have the 

 facult)- of corn!)iuing itself with ox'geii, as other oils 

 which are eager of it, and which by thai re union cxperi. 

 ef:ice a kind ofcoinl^ustioi) ? It is very j)robable it has 

 not, siucc its taste has not ti^e least been injured. 



A light roasting undergone by the risid'jc after a first 

 expression, yield, by a new expression, a second oil j 

 but this experiences the action of t!ie caloric upon oil. 



1 have not been in a situation to calcniale the produce 

 of an acre ef ground sown vvth ground nuts; but a(?- 

 oording to what is getieraliy said by botanists, it must be 

 Cijusideriible. 1 oidy know that the ground ntit com- 

 tnonly gives a te^th of its weiglit in oil ; uud that very 

 probably an eighth might he obtained if a suflicient 

 force of compi"ession u as employed to extricate it. 



Hence, it can be easily appreciated uhntsuch a ciil- 

 fcn-e. followed in a lai gc \\ a*, could pioduce. Certjirt- 

 ]y it would be one of the richest pi'oduetions of this coU^ 

 tinejit 



The medicinal properties of the ground nut oil. also 

 deserve to be carefully investigated. Not a doubt re- 

 m^iinsthat it possesses ail those generally b'longing to 

 the fixed sweet oils, an;! ihat it might advaniag-ou-ly 

 be used as a suifslitute Ut the oil (d\swect almonds, 

 wirtca i« dcinH}c««tr when nevviy ex,j)res»ed; an-' aifortjl. 



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