AT rue and Exatt Hiftory 
| peneles: The.middle part , which is more then two thirds of the} 
BR a pt oa een 
| Thave'yet faid nothing of making white 
‘4 goodnels of the top and bottom, being but to fuch a degree, as may 
‘pound, 
__a little foure, (for till then, the Spirits will not rife in the Still: ) 
, fide down, they knock the pot hard againft the ground,and the Sugar 
comes whole out, as a bullet out of a mold; and when it is out, you 
may. perceive three forts of colours in the pot, the tops fomevvhat 
brownifh, and ofa frothy light fubftance; the bottom ofa much dar-| | 
ker colour, but heavy, grofs, moift, ard full of Molofles; both which 
they cut away, and referveto be boyl’d agam, with the Moloffes for 
whole pot, and looks ofa bright colour, dry and fweet, they Jay by 
it {elf , and fend it down daily upon the backs of Affinigoes and Ga- 3 
mells, inleather baggs, with a Tarr’d cloth over, to their Store-houfes 
atthe Bridge, there to be put in Caskes and Chefts, to be fhipt away 
| for Evgland, or any other parts of the World, where the beft market 
|1s. Though this care be taken, and this courfe ufed, by the befthut= 
bands, and thofe' that refpect their credits, as Collonel james Drax, 
Collonel Walrond, Mr.Raynes, and fome others that I know there; yet, 
the greater number, when they knock out their Sugars, let all go to- 
gether, both bott : 
aut, When they com ne“Wiezehant.to he fold, they willnot give 
above 3li. 10s. for the one; and for the other, about 6li. 4s. And 
‘thofe that ufe this care, have fuch credit with the.Buyer, as they 
{carce open the Cask to make a tryal; fo well they are aflured of 
the goodnels of the Sugars they make 5, as of Collonel ‘ames Drax, 
Collonel Walrond , Mt. Raines, and fome others-in-the Iiland that I 
Come tO. be 
te Sugars, but that ismuch| 
quicker faid than done For, though thie Mufcavado Sugar, require 
_buta months time tomake it fo, after it is boyl'd; yet the Whites re- 
| quire four months, and it is only this. Take clay, and temper it with 
| Water, to the thicknefs of Frumenty, or Péafe pottage, and poure it 
| on the top’of the Mufcavado Sugar, as it ftands in the pot, in the 
| Curing-houfe ,’ and there let it remain four months and if the clay 
crack and open, that the aire come in, clofe it up with fome of the 
fame, either with your hand, or afmall Trowell. And when you knock | 
Open thefe pots, you fhall find a difference, both in the colour and 
e rank’d with Mufcavadoes; but the middle perfed& White, and ex-|. 
baie Lunip-Sugar, the beft of which will fell in London for 20d. a} © 
| . P'do aét remember I have left unfaid any thing , that conduces 0 
the work of Sugar-making, unlefs it be, fometimes after great rains, 
(which moiftentheaire more then ordinary ) to lay it out upon fair 
dais in the Sun, upon cloaths, or in the knocking room, and fome= 
, times to bring $n pans of coals, well kindled, into the Cureing-houfe. 
‘If [have omitted any thing here, you fhall find it fupplyed in the In- 
“dexes of my Plots. | oat 
| = As for diftilling the skimmings, which run down tothe Still-houfe, 
| from the three leffer Coppers, it isonly this: After it has remained in| 
the Cifterns . which my plot fhews you in the Still-houfe, till it be 
the firft Spirit that comes off, is a’ final Liquor, which we call | - 
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omand top, and fo let the better bare out the wore; 
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