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entaJs the Art of expreffing, or boiling the 
Juice of the Cane, and refining and bring- 
ing it to Sugar, feems to have given Rife 
to the Difpute ; though Salmajius allures 
us, that the Arabians had this Art 800 
Years ago. The Ancients indeed mention 
a Sugar which was much finer and purer 
than ours. It oozed out of the Cane itfelf, 
and there hardened in the Sun, like a Gum, 
was friable between the Teeth like Salt, 
and was only the fineft and ripeft Part of 
the Juice, and fo free from Mixture of A 1 - 
lom, Earths, Afhes, Lees, and other Things 
ufed in the refining of ours. Great is the 
Wafte of the Juice in Boiling, for there is 
fcarce a third part left for the fixth and laft 
Boiler that was in the firft, the reft being 
loft in feumming. 
Geofrey prefers CaJfonado y or that made 
from Mufcovado (which is the firft drawn 
from the Juice of the Cane) to all others 
for inward Ufe, as^ containing more Oil. 
Sugar, like Oil, is, wholly inflammable in 
the Fire like Salt, it totally diflolves and 
mixes in Water, and made into a ftrong 
Lye, it chryftalizes ; yet mixt with Water, 
it ferments and makes a ftrong Wine, and 
that 
