ther method they life to make fugar of is to let it 

 boil, till it takes a lufficient confidence, when it 

 purifies of its own accord, without the mixture of 

 any foreign ingredient. Only they mil ft be very 

 careful that the fugar be not over- boiled, and to 

 fkim it well. The greateft fault in this procefs is 

 to let the fyrup harden too much, which renders it 

 too fat, fo that it never iofes a relifn of honey, 

 which renders it not fo agreeable to the taile, aC 

 lea ft till fuch time as it is clarified. 



This fugar when made with care, which it cer- 

 tainly requires, is a natural pectoral, and does not 

 burn the ftomach. Befides the manufacturing, it 

 is done at a trilling expence. It has been com- 

 monly believed, that it is impoffible to refine it in 

 the fame manner with the fugar extracted from 

 canes. I own, I fee no reafon to think fo, and it 

 is very certain that when it comes out of the hands 

 of the Indians, it is purer and much better than 

 that of the ifiands, which has had no more done 

 to it. In fine, I gave fome of it to a refiner of 

 Orleans, who found no other fault to it, than that 

 I have mentioned, and' who attributed this defect 

 wholly to its not having been left to drip long 

 enough. He even judged it of a quality prefer- 

 able to the other fort, and of this it was, he made 

 thofe tablets, with which 1- had the honour to p re- 

 fen t your Grace, and which you were pleafed to 

 efteem fo much. It may be objected, that were 

 this of of a good quality, it would have been made 

 a branch of trade ; but there is not a fufficient quan - 

 tity made for this, and perhaps, they are therefore 

 in the wrong: but there are many -things befides 

 this which are neglected in this country. 



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