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quantity of juice from a single cane, as they had 
never been accustomed to see it thus collected, but 
had generally broken it in small pieces, and, by 
masticating the cane, extracted the juice. 
After boiling it some time, we added the temper , 
or mixture of lime and water; and when we sup¬ 
posed the quantity had been sufficiently reduced, 
directed the natives to remove it to a suitable 
vessel for cooling, the progress of which we 
watched very anxiously, and, ultimately,|jhad the 
satisfaction of beholding fine-grained crystals of 
sugar formed from the liquid. The natives were 
delighted and astonished; and although our sur¬ 
prise was not less than theirs, our satisfaction was 
more chastened ; for, notwithstanding we had suc¬ 
ceeded so well in our first attempt, we considered 
it more the result of accident than skill, and were 
by no means confident that, in a second effort, we 
should be equally successful. 
We were, however, sufficiently encouraged to 
recommend the people, notwithstanding their dis¬ 
appointment in regard to the cotton, to direct their 
attention to the culture of sugar, since they had 
no longer any cause to doubt the practicability of 
procuring, from their respective plantations, sugar 
for their own use, or for barter with shipping. 
Our advice was not unheeded; several of the 
chiefs were induced to cultivate the cane; the 
mill we had erected became a kind of public 
machine, to which they brought their produce; 
and although, in some instances, we failed in pro¬ 
curing good sugar, in time the people were so well 
acquainted with the process, as to be able to boil 
it themselves. The Missionaries in Raiatea also 
erected a mill more efficient than the one we had 
constructed in Huahine, cultivated a quantity of 
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