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which had previously been heated through some 
carelessness in the curing, subsequently was ex¬ 
posed to a slight sprinkling of rain, and when 
ground out, and fanned, was found to have lost 
its silvery appearance. 
To the invention of Mr. Meacock, a prefer¬ 
ence has, however, been given, in consequence 
of the impression that the produce thus im¬ 
mersed in water, will absorb a portion of the 
liquid, which will deteriorate its quality in its 
passage across the Atlantic. Several Gentle- 
men have shipped coffee submitted to this pro¬ 
cess to England, but I have not learnt the 
result. 
I do not mean, however, in this essay to enter 
into a disquisition of the merits of the res¬ 
pective claimants to this beneficial invention in 
manufacture. Suffice is to say, it appears very 
manifest that a great deal might be done in the 
way of machinery, to relieve produce of that 
silvery and foxy appearances, which are so pre¬ 
judicial to its value in the British market, and 
which appearances might accrue from a variety 
of incidents, to which all plantations are more or 
less subject. 
A manifest preference is given in the leading 
European markets to Coffee which has gone through 
the pulping and washing process ; but strange 
to say, the consumers of this beverage are 
totally ignorant of the fact, that the produce 
which is cured in the pulp, furnishes a stronger 
decoction, than an equal quantity of the same, 
which has undergone the other process. Many 
persons are of opinion, that the mucilaginous 
substance which is washed off in pulping, is 
absorbed by the bean, when euied in the pulp, 
