quite sour. One Imnclrcd gallons of toddy, it is 

 ^tttigd, will produce^ by distillation, twcntj^five 

 of amck. Okc^l otlier spirits, wlien new^ it is 

 regarded injurious to the constitution, l>iit when 



old, vcrv w li()l(^suino. It is u favourite spirit 

 among tho driiiktirs of that far-fanitid English 

 l>everage, named puneh* 



excellent vinegar,* tScc The toddy-drawcrs are 

 a separate caste in Ceylon, calk-d Ckandus : 

 almost all the families of this class resick^ in tlio 

 neighhourhood of the sea-coast, where the trees 

 grow labile greatest luscnfianee and abisndamoe^ 

 the whole line of coast iH-twccn Point de Galle 

 and Colondjo being thiekly pliinted with tlwm ; 

 and the topes or groves are let at a stipidated 

 sum of rix-dollars by the month ; and it is also 

 nf>t tine0^ca&0it fc^ir 09? two familin^ dr more 

 to have a share in a single tree, aflfording them 



* The vinegar is tluis prepared Tlie tmh\y is tullectt'cl 

 in weatij^r, pijt into jars, m4 well eovered. After a 

 Mt^t^ t})e ^tetttii Eir& stl^tnieiij^ ^md replaced in the same 

 j^tWith the iuldidon oCa \\tt\e C^lii-^tppcr- A Capsk ioii ft ii- 

 itescie»*,) conutioiily lallttl bird -pepper; a small piece of Ghor- 

 kah, (fruit of the gii>iibuy;L' ti ee,) the red sort of which is to 

 be prefeti^} beiiig most acid ; ami the pott of the horse^ 



radish tier ( lf///ifr(utf/ui(/ uionnffff). At thr c\]>ir;ifii)ii of 41 

 month 01* live vvL'cks it becouies veij excellent vinegar. 



