'Journey
Ca'ntön
to tfhÉft® are yoked two buffaloes, -who moving round as in
__ acOmmOn' cMtlé milly prësfe 4heïeanfes between,thetfaylin-
d#Ms, and express thëlr jüicè*!wfciöh is conveyedthrough
a tübe&nto the cauldron. - The Canes, deprived of their
juiföes, become fit fuel, b y means o f which those* juices
are boiled in to a prOper consistence for granulation.
Thelsoilernfsu^r1 èiadéavótffstè inter into an agreement
wfth-isVferal plantëós at a fimej so that his works, erected
Jiiear the efentr-e o f tbebr several plantations, may^efve
them all without cbSi^tig his establishment. During
the <time; he is employed, the servants andchildren of
A e planter are busily engaged in carrying caphsitothe
mill.
Th è öanës are planted very regularly in rows ; and
thé‘ fearth- carefully heaped Up about the roots. As in
•the West Indies* fcth in fuhaha, the people employed in
the fields during this season, are observed to get fat and
«leek, and many of ;tfee (Chinese slaves and idle persons
•arê -frequency missing about the time that the canes become
ripe; liy in g themselves, and diving altogether in
the plantations. Under the roots of the canes is found
a;?frgë'swhite grub, which* fried in sail, is eaten <as a
dainty *by-the. Chinese.
In the neighbourhood of the Canes were likewise se--
•veral -grdves of orange trees. Of the fruit of that tree
there was agteatvariety in#ize and colour^ :Some smaller
than fhe Portugal orange, and' some as large as any prodncedjip
the West IndAeit; but .the isweefcesi aayl richest, journeys
was a; deep red torange, preferred.to ’every other, and
easily idisfinguisli^bleiby its pulp adhering to the rind
only-faf!da) y j f g w i Islightt^fibres. Most kinds < 'of fruit
^gre served ito j the travellers in profusion. The desert
generally ffifiaapteth.-of 'grapes*; oranges* apples* peaiis*
cjiesnuts*; walnuts, pomegranates, melons* and: a/kind of
dates. Thetlljfijsuese !want some ,;Europeani fruits! .such
as, gooseberrids^ 'currants, raspberries* and olives ; but
abound mothers, such as: tb^iiy^-pbee, and the lbe-,ch,eer
iwhjch, are, not produced indE'urope.u The(see-chee/isf
flat, s©ft,;>reddish frwitrwithiaiSmoQth skins containihg a
iJ gM p^^p* with a kernel in the middle.: The
frjjit ^s*pf fhe size of a m i d d l i n g a n d looks,as i f
flattened-fiy ^cighbfrot» a glpbiHar form., ’ The^leelohese
is pot mpch blggenthan a large ohterry, with a: skin full
of jtoft: prickles. The taste ,pf the pulp ds//tarti*s; and it
epypr^a kefnjeljdn proportion, (large. Thfe dde'-eheeus
often? guesferyed, and in: that state has >s@inewhatp||6 a.
S'pefit; taslei -
The pines which bear large cones have kernels:much
relished by the Chinese, as they;afe b y : the inhabitants
o f Italy*? Every mountain*» either top; steep o® tpo rocky
tt^be applied toany; other 3 use, is planted to the topdii
various kinds of pines* but most generally with i the
larch, as preferred for thie purposes o f building».;
On the; .sides and tbps of earthen embankments divide