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pan and well mixed up with the lime water. More water is now 

 added equal in bulk to that of the lime water originally present. 

 The contents of the pans are now heated with continued stirring 

 and any pieces of foreign matter such as pieces of gJiurms taken 

 out by means of a perforated ladle. Two brass pans 20" in diameter 

 and 8 \" deep are now carefully cleaned and one put by the side of 

 each of the big melting pans. Two seers (4lbs.) of milk are placed 

 in each and then they are filled with water. When the liquid comes 

 to the boil this diluted milk is gradually sprinkled over the surface 

 of the boiling liquid until it is all used up. Scum is removed 

 after each sprinkling with milk by means of flat perforated iron 

 ladles. Rather a liberal amount of scum is taken off but it is all 

 carefully preserved in a spare pot. After 3 or 4 hours all the sugar 

 has dissolved and all the scum has been removed. The fire is then 

 damped and one bucketful of cold water added to each of the 

 melting pans. A third large iron pan equal in size to each of the 

 melting pans is now put ready with a cloth strainer over it. The 

 hot liquid is strained through this into the third pan and it is now 

 ready for a final clarification and concentration. The scum 

 removed from the melting pans is now put back into one of 

 them again and reboiled and reclarified with milk. There is 

 so much scum that it fills one-third of one of the pans. Pieces of 

 grass and dirt are taken out of the scum with a ladle, being carefully 

 washed with diluted milk on the ladle and well pressed before being 

 thrown into the fire. After 10 to 15 minutes the liquid is removed 

 from the fire and strained through gunny cloth. The strained liquid 

 is put on the melting pots at the next melting of Akrah. The scum, 

 which is a black mass, is re-boiled with lime water and after further 

 straining thrown away. The iron melting pans having been removed 

 from the fires, the brass pots above mentioned are put on in their 

 stead. Each is three -fourths filled with hot strained juice which is 

 now brought to the boil. One spoonful of milk is added to the 

 boiling liquid from time to time and any scum is skimmed off, but 

 it only forms in small quantities. The liquid is of a lovely golden 

 yellow colour and is boiled until it shews signs of stickiness on 



