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etJ ir(sm fresh almondg ; but inflammatory when ihfi. 

 least heated by raiiiiditj'. The oil ot (h<- g^round imt will 

 be ?ree of that iiieoQveHience, which is often fatal to sick 

 persons. 



bo ,nany precious qualities in the ground nut must en- 

 courage its cultivation- The southern states aJo!ie,now, 

 afford a smali quantity of that Jruit ; and stiil cuiiivated 

 but by negroes, who sell it for their own profit. I''rom 

 thence the nuis are brought to every quarter of the con- 

 tinent for consumption — hut hurtfuly for health; be- 

 cause eaten raw they ociasion painful head aches ; and 

 roasted, they are t xti^mely inflammatory. 



Let proprietors undertake this cukure upon a great 

 scale, and it will soon procure them a rich increase. The 

 western Slates having no spertsiaceti oil will find in the 

 expression of rhe ground nut, au agreeable light. Soaps 

 superior to those coming from Europe, will be obtained 

 therefrom, and at so cheap a price, that the soap made of 

 tallow will soon be abandoned. Finally, after having 

 supplied the domestic demand, the grouud nut oil ex- 

 ported by our vessr^ls, ivill obtain a good price in the 

 West Indies, in the north o( Europe, and in every clime 

 where fcheoiive tree does not grow. 



Undosibtedly, however, it contains a quantity of m«- 

 ^lige, since the kerneifi of the ground nut triturated with 

 water, form a perfect emulsion, like that known under 

 ^he iinpropername of orgeat, and it wants only the arr«' 

 Bia of iht' almond to be as agreeable. 



Tiie oil of the ground nut, agitated with alcohol, ap- 

 pears at first iii an emulsive state, but shortly after 

 thesf two substances follow the law of their gravities', 

 4be oil sinks, the alcohol rises ; but it remains several 

 fJays in a milky state, which proves that some oil, com- 

 bined with the mucilage, is suspended in it ; both, by 

 time, precipitate themselves under the form of light 

 WvH'te Hakes. But w .at deserves to be observed in thi* 

 cxperimei!t. isthattheoil so resting in cc^ntact with the 

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