West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition |
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... passed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee strong liquors given in generous portions to the sailors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife passengers , woe beside them !
... passed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee strong liquors given in generous portions to the sailors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife passengers , woe beside them !
الصفحة 48
In the boiling - house there are four or five coppers of different sizes set close together , about eighteen inches from the floor ; the largest of which is called the grand copper , and the first that is filled with liquor ; as soon as ...
In the boiling - house there are four or five coppers of different sizes set close together , about eighteen inches from the floor ; the largest of which is called the grand copper , and the first that is filled with liquor ; as soon as ...
الصفحة 49
ing up to the third copper , and the grand copper filled again ; in the fourth copper , called a tach , the liquor is boiled into a thick fyrrup , and by turnthe ladle , and observing the white grain on the bottom thereof , the boilers ...
ing up to the third copper , and the grand copper filled again ; in the fourth copper , called a tach , the liquor is boiled into a thick fyrrup , and by turnthe ladle , and observing the white grain on the bottom thereof , the boilers ...
الصفحة 52
... of liquor , and fyrrup , they get about the works . The distill - house is commonly annexed to the boiling - house , or very contiguous to it , wherein the cisterns , or vats , for fermenting the skimmings and molasses are placed .
... of liquor , and fyrrup , they get about the works . The distill - house is commonly annexed to the boiling - house , or very contiguous to it , wherein the cisterns , or vats , for fermenting the skimmings and molasses are placed .
الصفحة 53
1 in that of good strong fermented liquor , and that of bad ; five gallons of skimmings is supposed to be equal to one gallon of molasses ; I always found that fourteen gallons of sweets in every hundred gallons of the mixture yielded ...
1 in that of good strong fermented liquor , and that of bad ; five gallons of skimmings is supposed to be equal to one gallon of molasses ; I always found that fourteen gallons of sweets in every hundred gallons of the mixture yielded ...
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