| of the Ifand of Barbadoes, 
liquor of the next Copper, to keep the tach from burning, and ( fill/ 
it up out of the next, ahd that out of the third, and that out ofthe 
fourth, and that out of the Clarifying, Copper, and fo from the Ci- 
ftern, and {6 from the Mill-houfe or Ingenio. And {0 the work goes 
on, from Munday morning at one a clock, till Saturday night, (at 
which time the fire in the Futnaces are put out ) all houres of the day 
and night, with frefh fupplies of Men, Horfes, and Cattle. The Li- 
quor being come tofuchacoolnefs, as it is fit to be put into the Pots, 
they bring them neer the Cooler, and ftopping firft the tharp end of 
‘the Pot (whichis the bottom) with Plantine leaves, (and the paflage 
there no bigger then amans finger will goin at ) they fill the Pot,and 
fet it between the{tantions, inthe filling room, where it ftaies tillit 
be thorough cold, which will be in two dayes and two nights; and 
then if the Sugar be good, knock upon it with the knuckle of yout | 
finger , 2s you would do upon an earthen pot, to try whether it be 
whole,and it will give a founds; but ifthe Sugar be very ill,it will nei- 
ther be very hard, tot give any found, — It is then to be removed into 
| good Sugar. ' a | : 
pees: ill s that are gathered either before of after the timie of 
fuch ripenefS, or are eaten by Rats, and fo confequently rotten, or 
pull’d down by Withes, orlodg’d by foule weather, either of which, 
will ferve tofpoil fuch Sugar as is made of them. At thetime they 
expeét it fhould be well curd; they take the pots from the at 
-_|in the Curing-houfe, and bring them to the knocking room, which 
_| you (hall find upon the plot ofthe cureing houfe; and turning i “fe 
ame a 
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