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however, make the first drawing in from three to four months. 
At night or when it rains, the jars must be covered with bam- 
boo covers. This sunning process results in an evaporation of 
the liquid in the jars; and three days before the drawing off 
of the soy, salt solution is used again to fill the jars. The first 
drawing is then made by siphon, kwo kong lung ( ^ B|1 ) 
(Plate III, fig. 1). About 60 catties of the liquid are drawn off. 
This liquid is allowed to settle and is again drawn off, reducing 
the quantity to about 50 catties. It is then placed in clean jars 
and allowed to sun again for from one to six months. Some 
of this soy is at times allowed to sun for three years, but this 
is too expensive and is rarely done commercially. 
First drawing . — This soy is called teng ch‘au (Tg Jill), “first 
drawing.” The material that remains in the jar is called teng 
shi (13 “first salted,” and is sold as a separate sauce, used 
as the base of a number of different sauces or as the base for 
the “second drawing,” i ch‘au (~ Jjjj). 
Second drawing . — A salt solution of 150 catties of water and 
SO catties of salt is now poured on the teng shi, or the beans 
which remain in the jar from the first drawing. The jars are 
again placed in the sun for from one to two months. Salt water 
is again added three days before the drawing, after which the 
soy is drawn off, about 50 catties, after it is cleaned, and placed 
in the sun from one to two months. This is called i ch‘au 
( “ “second drawing.” The material which remains in the 
jar is called iin shi (j^ H£), “beginning salted,” and is sold as 
a sauce for 4 cents per catty, used as the base of a number 
of other sauces and as the base for sam ch‘au (^£ ^j]), “third 
drawing.” 
Third drawing . — The same method is used in the making of 
sdm ch‘au as in i ch‘au and the material which remains is called 
chung shi (Hb f^), “middle salted.” This is sold as a sauce at 
2 cents per catty, used as the base of a number of different 
sauces and as the base for sz ch‘au (E9 fourth drawing.” 
Fourth draioing . — This is made the same as i ch‘au, sam clTau, 
and sz ch‘au, and the material left in the jars is also called 
chung shi (tfi g£) and is sold as a sauce at 1 cent per catty; it 
is used as the base of a number of very cheap sauces. 
Boiling method . — The sunning method takes so much time that 
many of the manufacturers boil the second, third, and fourth 
drawings instead of sunning them. This makes a decidedly 
