1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

RUM.

RuM

is a kind of ardent spirits obtained by

distillation from the fermented skimmings of

the sugar teaches, inixed with molasses, and

diluted with water, and sometimes from the

juice of the sugar-cane. The best rum is

brought from

Jamaica, St. Croix

being next in

quality. The following account of its mode ·of

manufacture is given by Dr. Ure, in his valu–

able dictionary on the Arts, Manufactures, and

Mines:-

"A sugar plantation in Jamaica, or Antigua,

which makes 200 hogsheads of sugar of about

16 cwt. each, requires, for the manufacture of

its rum, two copper stills-one of 1000 gallons

for the wash, and one of 600 gallons for the

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