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times with a clear gain of sugar each time, till at length 

 the remaining molasses is so trifling in quantity as would 

 hardly require a still to work it off into rum (or arrack,, 

 whichever it might be termed), which is so necessary 

 an adjunct to a cane-sugar making establishment. Never- 

 theless, it is probable a small still may be maintained with 

 advantage to entirely prevent waste by the accidental sour- 

 ing of the liquor, working off whatever molasses there might 

 be, &c; but as to skimmings, the liquor can be so easily 

 clarified, being much more manageable than cane-juice — 

 there is hardly anything to skim off from the first boiling 

 of the " skip." 



I have, since writing the above, heard so many statements 

 that the continual drawing of toddy would injure the trees y 

 that perhaps it may oblige us to intermit our operations for 

 three months, during the season in which the hot land wind 

 blows — say, June, July, and August. 



