1848.] 



The "Neilgherry Mountains. 



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ly experiments, in conducting which I employed INIalt prepared by 

 myself from Hill barley, with hops and dried yeast imported from 

 England, and my confidence in the success of the scheme if entered 

 into by Government, I addressed ja letter to the Commissary General 

 upon the subject, communicating such details as seemed of interest, 

 and offering to carry on further trials on a small scale, at my own ex- 

 pense, if a copper could be supplied to me temporarily on Indent 

 Samples sent to the ^^'om the commissariat stores. I also sent samples 



Commissary General, ^^^^^^ ^^^^ j \,x^^^^^, but which had 



an unpleasant taste communicated to it owing- to my having employed 

 *' gour" or raw jaggery"' in the brewing in place of refined sugar, 

 without taking the precaution of cleansing it from the dirt and gum- 

 my matter with which this article is generally 



No answer received. . 



contaminated. I was not so fortunate as to re- 

 ceive a reply to this letter (beyond a message through a third party) 

 and this absence of encouragement prevented me from following the 

 matter further, but I may add that for my own use I continued the 

 manufacture with a success, which convinces me that it is only neces- 

 sary to extend the scale upon which my operations are carried, and to 

 secure practical knowledge in the more important details of the pro- 

 cess, to ensure the most complete realization of my anticipations re- 

 garding the vast benefits to be derived by this item in the list of pro- 

 ductive resources of the Neilgherries. 



The following is an estimate of the cost of ale brewed here, from 

 actual experiment. In England to make a hogshead (66 gallons) of 

 strong ale intended for export to the tropics, the brewers use 



6 bushels of malt, 

 and 6 lbs. of hops : 

 now it has been ascertained since the introduction of sugar into 

 British breweries that 



180 lbs. of moist sugar are equivalent to 

 1 quarter, or 8 bushels of malt. 



Estimate of the ex- therefore both malt and sugar are employ- 

 fnTmaitS^iuors!'^"'' ^^"^^ proportions, the hogshead will re- 



quire 3 bushels of malt and 72 lbs. of sugar. 

 Considering the Hill malt to be 100 per cent, inferior to English 

 malt, I made use of 



6 bushels of malt and 72 lbs. of sugar. 



