CONTENTS, Vifci 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Nature and Uses of the Products of Vege- 

 tation 132 



Article 1. Gum and Mucilage 135 



2. Starch or Fecula 136 



3. Sugar .140, 



4. Wax . ., 141 



5. OUs 143 



6. Resin 147 



7. Vegetable Fibre 149 



8. Gluten and Albumen 154 



9. Tannin 157 



10. The Vegetable Acids .... 159 



11. The Fixed Alkalies 168 



CHAPTER X. 



Ojsr THE Preservation of Animal and Vegetable 



Substances 182 



Article 1. On the Preservation of the Fruits of the 



Earth by Drying J83 



2. On the Preservation of the Fruits of the 



Earth by Secluding them from the Ac- 

 tion of Air, Water, and Heat . .188 



3. On the Preservation of certain Articles of 



Food by means of Salt and Spirituous 



Liquors 200 



CHAPTER XI. 



On Milk and its Products 207 



Article 1. Of Cream 209 



2. Of Butter 210 



3. Of Caseous, or Cheesy, Matter . . . 214 



