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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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 it is full , and ...
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 it is full , and ...
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 know when it is ...
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 know when it is ...
الصفحة 52
... it is very amazing how cheerfully the negroes begin and go through with it ;
how , instead of getting weak and meagre , like the cattle and mules , they like
rats fatten upon the canes , and nops of liquor , and fyrrup , they get about the
works .
... it is very amazing how cheerfully the negroes begin and go through with it ;
how , instead of getting weak and meagre , like the cattle and mules , they like
rats fatten upon the canes , and nops of liquor , and fyrrup , they get about the
works .
الصفحة 54
care cannot be taken to have the skimmings and lees pure and cool when set ;
the liquor should be skimmed three or four times daily , and the vats or cisterns ,
every time when empried , should be washed well ; if the mixture when set is too
...
care cannot be taken to have the skimmings and lees pure and cool when set ;
the liquor should be skimmed three or four times daily , and the vats or cisterns ,
every time when empried , should be washed well ; if the mixture when set is too
...
الصفحة 55
Good liquor when properly fermented will blaze like weak low wines on the head
of the still . Having shewn the different proportions for mixing of liquors , I shall
next shew an easy and exact method of calculating them without measuring the ...
Good liquor when properly fermented will blaze like weak low wines on the head
of the still . Having shewn the different proportions for mixing of liquors , I shall
next shew an easy and exact method of calculating them without measuring the ...
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