64 COCOA : ALL ABOUT IT. 



rollers bruise the thick mass, which is reduced to the consistency 

 of douijh. A double knife, the action of which is similar to that of 

 a screw-propeller, continually revolves just above the rotary stone 

 slab, and distributes the Chocolate as it passes. There are 

 several of these machines at work, and our attention is 

 particularly directed to one of an improved design and great 

 magnitude, which mixes and grinds the Chocolate, and then 

 automatically passes it on to heavy, granite cylinders, which 

 systematically and gradually reduce the Chocolate to a given 

 degree of fineness, the operation being effected with remarkable 

 exactitude. 



The "Mexican" Chocolate made by the firm has been 

 compared to the famous Chocolate that Prescott describes as 

 forming part of Montezuma's repast — " In golden goblets 

 flavoured with vanilla, and so prepared as to be reduced to a froth 

 of the consistency of honey, which gradually dissolved in the 

 mouth." 



In this establishment the charm said to be inseparable from 

 variety is not lacking. The creme moulding-room presents a 

 scene that is unlike any previously witnessed. The work upon 

 which the young women in this room are engaged is of 

 a delicate and light description, particularly suitable for female 

 hands. In this portion of the factory the delicious Chocolate 

 creams, which we need not describe because they are so well known, 

 are poured rapidly into moulds of various patterns and designs, 

 into which the workers dexterously pour the liquid cream, 

 each hole absorbing the allotted quantity. The young women 

 engaged in this work are remarkably expert and skilful, as they 



