of the Ijland of Barbadoes, 



liquor ofthenext Copper, to keep thetach from burning, and fo fiillf 

 it up out of the next, and that out of the third, and that out of the! 

 fourth, and that out of the Clarifying Copper, and fo from the Ci-i 

 ftern, and fo from the Mill-houfe or Ingenio. And fo the work gOes 

 on, from Munday morning at one a clock, til! Saturday night, (at 

 which time the fire in the Furnaces are put outj) all houres of the day 

 and night, with fre(h fupplies of Men, Horfcs, and Cattle. The Li- 

 quor being come to foch a coolnefs, as it is fit to be put into the Pots, 

 they bring them neer the Cooler, and (topping firll: the fharp end of! 

 the Pot (which is the bottom) with Plantine leaves, ('and the parage | 

 there no bigger then amans finger will go in atj they fill the Pot,and 

 fot it between the ftantions, in the filling room, where it ftaiestiUit 

 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 your 

 finger, as you would do upon an earthen pot, to try whether it be 

 whole,and it will give a founds but if the Sugar be very ill,it will nei- 

 ther be very hard, nor give any found. It is then to be removed into 

 the Curcing houie , and fet between ftantions there: Butfirft, the 

 floppies are to be puU'd out of the bottom of the pots , that the Mo- j 

 lofles may vent it felf at that hole , and fo drop drown upon a gutter 

 ofboard, hollowed in the the middle, which conveyeth the Molofles 

 from one to anothei-, till it be come into the Cifterns, of which there 

 is commonly four, at either corner one, and there remains, till itrifo 

 to a good quantity, and then they boy 1 it again, and of that they make 

 Peneles, a kind of Sugar fomewhatinferiour to the Mufoavado 5 but. 

 yet will fweeten indifferently well, andfomeofit very well coloured. 

 The pots being' thus opened at the bottoms, the Moloffes drops out, 

 but loOowly, as hardly to vent it felfe in a month, in which time, the 

 Sugar ought to be well curd 3 and therefore they thought fit, to 

 thruft a fpike of wood in at the bottom, that ftiould reach to the top, 

 hoping by that means, to make way for the Moloffes to have the 

 fpeedier paOage: But they found little amendrnent in the purging, 

 and the reafon was this , the fpike as it went in, preft the Sugar fo 

 hard , as it ftopt all pores of paflage for the Moloffes. So finding no 

 good to come of this, they devis'd another way, and that was, by ma- 

 king an augure of Iron, which inftrument cuts his way, without pref^ 

 fing the Sugar, and by that means the Moloffes had a free parfage, 

 without any obftruftion at all. And fo the Sugar was well cur d in a 

 month. As for the manner of ufing it, after it is cur'd, you (hall find it 

 fot down in my Index, to the plot of the Cureing houfo. And this is the 

 whole procefs of making the Mufoavado Sugar, whereof fome is bet- 

 ter, and fome worfe,as the Canegare^ for, ill Canes can never make 

 good Sugar. 



I call thofe ill , that are gathered either before or after the time of 

 fuch ripenefs, or are eaten by Rats, and fo confequently rotten , or 

 puird down by Withes, orlodg'd by foule weather, either of which, 

 will ferve tofpoil fuch Sugar as'is made of them. At the time they 

 exped it (hould be well cur'd, they take the pots from the ftantions 

 in the Curing-houfe, and bring them to the knocking room, which 

 you (hall find upon the plot of the cureing houfe3 and turning it up- 



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