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ehrvstalization taking place. Tltcy are then ar- 

 ranged under a shed of sli- lit materia!* 00 a flat 

 form of split uiboug or palm wood, raised about two 

 feet above the ground I below are duets, formed of 

 the larye bamboo, which is split longitudinally iuto 

 equal parts fur the purpose, to collect the molasses. 

 AImmiI twelve clays after these jars have been filled, 

 when the mollases have well drained off, cakes of 

 finely kneaded and moistened clay are laid over their 

 contents. 



The clay is removed two or three limes and a 

 portion of sugar is scraped off the top at each 

 renewal. The sugar thus clayed, is dried in the sun, 

 in wooden trays, and then packed up in wicker 

 baskets lined with palm leaves. From the abo\e 

 mentioned number of twelve pots, molasses are ob- 

 tained in the proportion of one-half of the weight 

 of the Mlgar procured, or perhaps a little more, 

 owm»- to the water used with the clay. The molasses 

 are not in much request, so that the Chinese pay little 

 attention to the way in which they are collected. 

 They are generally filled with dead ants, flies, wasps, 

 and other insects which swarm in the claying house. 



\ > attempt has been \ei made to distil rum. 

 Tue Chinese make a sort of arrack by distilling 

 a fcjrmerited mi Mure of rice and molasses. 



The process in making coarse dark sugar, is the 

 same as that described for the tine raw su»ar, only 

 that, intend of the concentrated m i up beui<r put into 

 claytag jars, it is poured into shallow troughs and 

 stirred about with a wooden pole, until it becomes 

 sufficiently chrystalltzed to be packed up. It is too 

 much saturated with molasses, to be easily exported. 



For the sake of perspicuity, the calculations which 

 follow, have been made for a larger scale than any 

 individual planter has yet adventured on here. Ttfc^jr 



