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rits ; let them stand ten days, then filter, and add
the product as
in
No. 1.
These are the most approved formulas now in use,
and
if
properly managed prod.nee paesable results ;
but we again repeat, that a perfect imitation of pure
Rolland Gin,
cannot be prodtue,d
except by distilla–
tion, and then only by
greet
care and after a long
experience.
Gitn,
..A~.-See
Appendix.
Rill[
Is obtained by the distillation of the fermented
skimmings of the sugar boilers, the
drainings
of the
sugar pots and hogsheads, the washings -0f the boil–
ers, and from mole.sses, .sugar, and the juice of the
sugar cane. The process of distillation varies but
little from that
-0f
other liquors already mentioned.
Rum is exported from the West India islands, that
from Jamaica and St. Croix being most
in
favor.
Leeward Island rum is less est.eemed.
The con.stituents of Jamaica rum are alcohol, vola–
tile oil, butyric aeid, sugar, and water.
Digitized
by