A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTER a hundred balls of Jagory. It is strained into the holler through a 
» cotton cloth, and there is added to it a proper quantity c-t in e» 
June ii. water. In a boiler full of rich juice, from cant raised iy soil, 
there is put half a Seer of lime-water, or about M , A d d rhes; 
and poorer juice from the same kind of soil requires oouue that 
quantity. The boiler full of juice from black mould requ r s five or 
six Seers, which is added by degrees. The boiler performs nu ope- 
rations three times in the twenty-four hours. When the juice has 
been evaporated to a proper consistence, it is put into a large pot, 
and allowed to cool for three hours. It is then poured into the 
mould, which consists of a long thick plank, in which a hundred 
holes are formed, each in the shape of a quadrilateral inverted 
pyramid. The Jagory , or inspissated juice, is allowed to dry in the 
mould for four hours ; when the plank being turned over, the balls, 
or rather pyramids of Jagory , fall down. They are dried by placing 
them on leaves for a day, and are then fit for sale. These balls 
weigh If Seer, or 10,6l7lb. ; and, if made from cane raised on black 
mould, sell for about seven balls for the Sultany Fanam, or 8.?. 0~cL the 
hundred weight. If made from cane raised on sandy soil, six balls 
cost a Fanam, which is at the rate of 11s. 9f d. a hundred weight. 
The Jagory , it would thus appear, contains both the sugar and mo- 
lasses, and is similar to what in Jamaica comes out of the cooler 
before it is taken to the curing-house. It is, however, somewhat 
more inspissated ; for which an allowance must be made, if we wish 
to compare the strength of the sugar-cane juice in the two coun- 
tries. By the foregoing account it requires about 37 gallons of the 
best juice to make a hundred weight of Jagory. 
By the account of a man, who came into my tents from another 
.village, twelve pots of juice from a black mould give 1 6$ Seers of 
Jagory; which agrees very well with what was told me in the 
presence of the Parputty, 
The government and the farmers share the produce of Jagory 
equally. An acre produces 13, ^ hundred weight, at a medium of 
