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Essential Oil. 



Women, provided with machines called ecuelles, proceed to extract the 

 essential oil from the rind. The ecuelle is a shallow copper basin about 

 10 inches in diameter, having a lip for pouring on one side and a closed 



Fig. 4-5. — Showing the Process of Extracting the Essential Oil with 

 Machines called Ecuelles. 



