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356.
Some account of Savu

Notwithstanding that this Liquor is the Common drink of both Rich & poor  who in the morning & evening drink nothing else  a much larger quantity is drawn off daily than is sufficient for that use  of this they make a Syrop & a coarse sugar both which are far more agreable to the taste than they appear to the sight  the Liquor is calld in the Language of the Island Dua or Duac  the syrup & sugar by one and the same name  Gula  it is exactly the same  same as the Jagara Sugar on the Continent of India &prepard by only boiling down the liquor in earthenware pots till it is sufficiently thick  in appearance it exactly resembles Mollasses or Treacle only it is considerably thicker  in taste however it much excels it having instead of the abominable twang which treacle leaves in the mouth only a little burnt taste which was very agreable to our palates The Sugar is of a reddish brown but more clear tasted than any Cane sugar I have tasted which was not refind  resembling mostly brown sugar candy. The syrup seemd to be very wholesome for tho many of our people 

 

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