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Barbados. 



[March, 



cal adjunct to the manufacture of sugar. Located upon rising 

 ground, they furnish power for crushing the canes, thus extracting 

 the juice. From this latter crystalized sugar is obtained by 

 methods of boiling, more or less complex. Briefly reviewing the 

 process of sugar manufacture, it may be s stated as follows : The 

 canes are cut, stripped of their blades, carted to the crusher, and 

 the juice expressed. From there the latter is led into vats where 

 an addition of lime assists clarification. It then passes to a series 

 of kettles and is boiled down to a definite density. After being 

 taken from the last pan the mass is allowed to cool and in part 



Row of Noble Palms. 



crystalize. As soon as the proper time arrives it is either filled 

 into hogsheads and the molasses allowed to drain off, or the latter 

 is removed in centrifugal machines. The article thus derived is 

 directly marketable, but must be refined before acquiring the 

 whiteness and firmness which the American retail consumer 

 desires. 



On the estates the planters with their families live in patriarchal 

 comfort. Absence of means of rapid communication, the unfor- 

 gotten usages of the mother country, and their innate kindness, 

 render them the most courteous and hospitable of hosts. Sur- 



