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each of them of the contents of the largest still, 
viz. one thousand two hundred gallons. In Ja¬ 
maica, cisterns are made of plank, fixed in clay; 
and are universally preferred to vats, or moveable 
vessels, for the purpose of fermenting. They are 
not so easily effected by the changes of the wea¬ 
ther, nor so liable to leak as vats, and they last 
much longer. But in the British distilleries, fer¬ 
menting cisterns are, I believe, unknown. To 
complete the apparatus, it is necessary to add two 
or more copper pumps, for conveying the liquor 
from the cisterns, and pumping up the dunder, 
and also butts or other vessels for securing the spi¬ 
rit when obtained; and it is usual to build a rum 
store adjoining the still-house. 
The ingredients or materials that set the various 
apparatus I have described into action, consist of, 
1 st. Mellasses, or treacle drained from the sugar, 
as already described. 
2 dly. Scummings of the hot cane-juice, from the 
boiling-house, or sometimes raw cane liquor, from 
canes expressed for the purpose. 
3 djy. Lees, or, as it is called in Jamaica, (hin¬ 
der.* 
4 thly. Water. 
The use of dunder in the making of rum, an¬ 
swers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of 
From reiundar, Spanish—the same as redundant in Latin. 
