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lh.1k ,

or Cloe,

bcing round, joiotcJ ,

3.nd

two or

three

incheJ in diam: tcr

the bottol1l : the

jOlnls

are th'ce or

fOUT

¡nches alur:der, and in a rich

foil

lhe IcaTes

2fe long aod "al rc..\V, and of a

yeIlO\\'iO¡

grcen colour ;

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lhe

n.dk

¡lrelr,

l he top of which is ornamenlcd

with a paniclc, or cl uflt:r of arundinacecus (lowers,

{ W O

cr three

feel In

Icngth.

They prop"gatc: lhe fug:\r.canc,

planting

cuttings

in lhe

ground

in furrows, clug

parall d

for lh2t pur·

pafe

lhe cuttiog' are

I.\ld levt J

and

2nd are co·

vered up with canh ;

thty

foon

fllUOt

out

new plants

fram

{heir knots or joints : t he ground is

l O

t-e kcpt clear .

a l

times, (rom wec:ds

and

th~

c.toes grow fa q uick, chal in

eight,

u~n.

or twcl\'c mooths, lhey are

fi t

la cut

for

making of fug:a tronl lhem. Th(" m.¡oner of doing

th~s

: T hcy

CUl

off

lhe

ret:J s al one uf (he joinu oear the

roon ; thty are then cI ·::.red of the leaves, and tied

bundlcs,

and

fc nt tO the milIs, which are worked ei·

cher by w.Her or horCes .

T h<fugAr-mili .s eompofed of ,hree rollers of an equal

fize, aod

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armed with iroo plates, where

the

canes are

to paCs bet ween t hem ; ooly the middle rol ler i5 much

hi2her than the

reno

tO givc the I:ugc.r flVeep to the

tMlO

poles 'o whieh ,he horres are yoked_ This g,e" roll«

,he mlddle is (u,nifMd wi,h a eog (ull o( ,ee,h. whieh

catch the notches in the t wO Iide. rolJers, and force them

about ·to brulfe

th~

caoes, which p... fs quite round tbe

g reat roller, : od come out dry and fq

ueez.ed

from

all

their juice ; which runs ioto

vefrd or back uoder ' the

mill.

and is thence cooveycd Ihrough a oarrow CpOUl

iota

the fir/f boiler.

After the juice is let out of lhe

6dl

vitrel, it is recei·

l"ed ioto aoolber ; iDwbich it is b oiled more britlcly. and

fcummed from time to time with

Ja.rge kiod of fpooo,

pierced with holes tO Jet the liquor through, whiJe

retains the fcum and foulnefs Ceparated from it io boí l.

ing :

lowards the end of this boiliog. they throw into it

flrong lixivium of wood,a(hes, v:¡th fome quiek.lime

among it : this greatly promotes the feparation of lhe

foulnefs that yet remains amongfi it ;

Aod,

afte r it has

boiled fome time with this a<idílioD, they llrain

off.

The f:eees left in

the

cloths make a kind of wine, whcn

fe rroented properly with water :

The

fi rained Jiquor,

w hich is now tolerabi

cI(!an,

Jet into

third hoi ler,

whieh it is boiled down tO ·the eonfifienee of fugar o ..

Yer

Yery brilk lire, the pcople who attt nd it cont ioualJy

llirring and CcumlTting

it.

Great caulion is

be ufed that the boiling m:\ttc r does

not rife. over lhe rides of , he vefft"l, which' wou!d be of

Yery dAn¡:erous

con(~q uence

: th('y prevenr this

t-.y

I ~king

up q.u¡¡ntlties of

t.he

~oilín~ m.lott~r

with a ladle. lifrin r. il

u p

hlgh, and

Icttln~

run

ag~l1n,

and by now and theo

addlOg a (mall piece o( blluer, or fat of fonle kind , whi¡;h

e,k.. clown ,he bubbllOg almo(\ inaanuneouOy. T l:ey

are vtry carefu l

lhH

no lemon.juice, or any olher :\cid

of t h.u kind . comes oeH Ihe ,.dre:ls, • \\::ry

(mal!

mixw re

th'3t ht',ng fufficir- nt to

k~er

the OlAl la from

granubuing. W htn Ihe Iiq uor is boded enc'uv,h. whieh

known

by ilS eonercti ng un th rowirf!

f?oon(ul of it

in' o , he air , i, is ,ht>n let out'into a rounh ve:n: l. un–

(~!r

wh¡ch there is a very

gc n d~

(¡re,

ool ~

kt'p t up that

mAy

h.we

I(¡fllre lO

J!.r::lnlll~tc'

""h, n it

h<lS

begun

¡:,anul.lIe. i, is le' ou, of ,his ha bOlltr in'o

a k:cu

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N ° 95,

conie e:u then vt lfcls, open

bOlh cotl, ; the widdi

perture

placed upwards, a nd the fmaller

cnd

downu,trds ,

ils

apcnu r~

beine Oopped wirh a \l/ooden plug .

Itft

(heCe

vd rels

twenty .four hou rs

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conClete: ..f,c:T thi9

tl.cy

are

rClf1o~cd

iOlo fugar· houfes, and

~re

there

arr..

n·

ged in regula. a rder, with a ..elTe! of

c..

nhen-w,¡re under

cach ; the plu¡; is then

tak~.n

out of the bOllom ApCTlUrc

each. and they are left in thls conrlition ror abom fort y days,

(hat all lhe (hick Iiquor, or

Olcl ..

(fc:s,

m:!y run fl om lh<.:m

after they have ílood. ,hus long

d r",io of them(d ..es.

quantity of clay is diluted, with water, into

thio pd fl e ;

and this is poured on ,he tap of every pareel of fu gar

ir}.

the ve freJs,

fa as

to cover

two or three ¡oches dc.:ep.

T his water, by degreel'. all leaves lhe cl ::lY, and pene·

tratiog iOlo lhe

miÚs

of fugar, runs

throu~h

i1 , and car –

ries off yet more of this foul lhick hq uid with it, into

the vt:frc!s placed underncalh tO rcceive

When the clay i5 quite d ry, it is ttlke

off, and the

fi r(} preparatioo of the lugar is nc,w 6nlllll·d: lhe}' fhake

OUl

of the vl·ffels ; and( clluing it ¡ntu lu mps, whicn

are of a dirty. browndh , or greyd'h colour, tht:y put ic

in hogfheads, and olher c:.tl<s, under the: nclme of grey

or brown

fug~r.

T hc fu gar. in lh is (late, ought to be

dry, DOt unétuous, and to have no uHe o( hU ll".,r g. T he

Jiquor which ba, run from lhe Cugar in (1and lng. is b'odcd

to a con{j(}eDce, and fold under lhe ni! me of mel"lfc:s, or

trci\cle.¡ this affords, by fcrmentatlon, a very clean

:.nd

good (pi,it.

This coarfe: fugar

afterwards

r~fioed

to various de·

grees of puri,y by ne., (olu,ion•• and is fold

different

prices, and uoder

diff~rent

names , accordlng lO the de –

~ree

of purity it is brouglH too Our fugar rellners

firlt

diffo)ve

in water, theo cla rify the Colulioo hy boiling

with whites o( eggs añd de.fpuOlar ion ; and after duc e\'a·

poration pour it ioto moulds

whtre the. fl uid pan being

drained off, and the fugar cODcrete:d . its fu rface is co\'er–

ed with moiO: clay, as befare. The fugar thus once re·

fi ned, by repe,i,ion of .he proce(s becomcs , he double–

refi ned (ugar of ,he Chops. Th.. candy. (ugar. or ,h" in

cry(\.ls. is prepart d by boiling do",n lolu.ions o( fugar 'o

a cerui n piteh, aDd theo removing them ioto a

h Ol

room.

",i,h lI icks ploced aerofs ,he retrel fo, ,he fugar

' 0

fh oo,

upon : and theCe crynals prove

oC'

a white or orown co·

lou r, ,accordiog as the fugar ufed in the procefs \Vas pure

or impure..

SUG ILLATION. in medicine. an extra.a(a,ion o( blood

in the coats of :hc: eye, which at

fidl

appeus of

red·

difh colour, and after wards livid or hJ:.( k .

the dd-–

orde r is great, bleedine and purgiDg are proper , as are

difcUlitnts.

SUIT ,

in law, is u(ed in difru eot fcnCts; as,

J .

F or an

atlion, whether perfonal

re:.tl.

2 .

Suit of coun, or

fuit fc-r ..ice, whicb is

010

attend ..oce lhe tenant owe.s

his I'}rd's courl,

Suit_covcn;¡ nt. wllere a pe doo has

cot'e:lAnte:d tO do (ervice io Ihe coart of

the

lord .

S\1it.

full em , which is where one anel his anre(1ors have

OW( rl

fui t

ti me

out of

mind.

is uCed for a petuiol1

Ihe

kin~~,

or any perron

dignil Y; where

lord ddhalns

his

ten~nt

for fuit. 8nd none is due: :

lh15 CJ(t',

lh:

p.4T1 )'

nlity htlve an att:lchment

"~2ioíl

him

appca r

the kl ng's coure

Suit or the king'( peue, is

. 0

;\C~

tion orollgh t againfi a (le

fon (or

bl~ach

of the

kin~'s

pc.:1l'C ;

as in the cafe of tfCafOn9, Cclonics, or trclp:-dlr:s

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