CHAPTER III. 



MANUFACTURE. 



"The giddy motion of the whirHng mill 

 In fumes of burning Chocolate shall glow 

 And tremble at the sea that froths below." 



Pope 



I 



'F Pope was 

 slightly misty 

 in his ideas of 

 themanufactureof Choco- 

 late, there is less excuse 

 for those who pretend to teach 

 the present generation. For 

 example, the lady who pre- 

 pared "The Child's Guide to 

 Knowledge" (1879), questions 

 her pupils, thus : 

 What is chocolate ? 

 A kind of cake or hard paste 

 which is made of the pulp of the Cocoa or Chocolate 

 seed, gently roasted, and mixed with sugar, &c. 

 " Q. How is it formed into paste and cakes ? 

 "A. By the help of water, and whilst hot, is put 

 into tin moulds." 



"Q. 

 "A. 



