
agltyii^^i|iQ,tipds; al-
tfejagh^Üsi^' to^rkedu an# reckoned •:«Eb^|p»j^f)^e^ht^dPi^>iü^dls'; fee;
pèunds feefafg' aHowed/ifor the loss. by< drying during the voyage.
Thé‘-bundles a r e firmly bound> and packed,. up in 'coarse
• cloths made óf strong hémp or ^from the; êocoadree; and :are
then (carried-en board-IfhfeshipS'.whichr,-tduch atv.Cdylon ;fo®
that 'purpose/ In stowing the bales,, black pepper is! sprinkled
among: them so as to fill; -.up all thé interstice», and' by. this
means Ï not only is; th e : cinnamon preserved, batoybotb^c&pCes
improved; as the pepper; being of a. hot and d ry quality,-At-?'
tracts- to itself the moist»re/:o£ ff^ndinpandnc ; As the island
óf^Géylon does not produee' within itself a. sufficient. -
of pepper to r this purpose,' th e . ships which - come to ‘earr.y .^thé
cinnamon to Europe, bring along with ' them a - Sufficient, .quantity
from the other parts of India, an d particularly fj-om, ,thè
Malabar -coast. •
After that part of the cinnamon which is fit for .exportation
has been sent off to Europe, the, vecyl refhse of- this valuable
spice- is capable of being converted to use. | The {fragments and
small,pieces, which happen to b e ' broken! ^off . an packing ;4up
the bales afe collected, and put into large tubs,* about a jSfux-
dred weight into each, with just as much water as is sufficient
to cover them completely. This mass is left for six. or , seven
days to ‘ macerate, and is afterwards poured by littje. apd» little
into a copper alembic,; to which a slow firei is applied. The
water which comés over,- .calledaqua cinnamoni, is received in
-glass vessels of a- peculiar Construction ; it is neaglf off the colour
of milk, and the oil floats at thé top of the glasfr .recipient.
The process is slowly and cautiously conducted-;; one, tub being
usually distilled off in twenty-four hours. Two commissa-
Bartwilar Accmnhff Me Cinnamon.
ties, -(who were, members, ofi^he ^quncjl^of-jjistice fo the time
S # # e’ are a^int#<tj^up^iptend the,^o|e;pf this
process, j^and oijet o%4jie^is a%&ys required to be present to
I apothepar&j.ryho, conducts jj t|ie , distillation., .from
epbezzhng j u | g oil. t t ) >remaipipg for some time in
the recipient,:.the< ail«,s^carefolly skipmed # under .the eye
ofu the commissamesi^andpp^^ip farge ,,bottles, which are
pealed iWit^thp igownm.ent and^rpught^to the governor
%p.wh.om.Hhey/ ase) placed in .attest .secured in the same
manner. .Thdpieaspn of all,fJthese precautions is 'the great
sp^ciijy and .value of this'oil. It is only. made at t;he compands,
laboratory ^{G^urnbd ; and The quantity yis nxueh less
than canbbdproeured,- from, tan -equal, weight, of any pthe£ spice.
The.ijealousy of .-the Dutch has prevented the oexact quantity
procured from /the, hundred weight from being ever.‘accurately
'■ascertained.?efThe usual price- on ,the spot was-three fourths of
a Duteh. ducat.; b u tp f ^ te ^.eprs little has been to be procured
at any .price. I saw a p in t bottle of it's e t up for.saie
j amQn§ the effect? of the. late Dutch 'gpvernor Van -Anglebeck;
but the mpset p r ic e which was upwards o f ten pounds sterling,
deterred ,any g g from becoming the purchaser. Cinnamon-
oil bs esteemed an excellent remedy for spasms in the, stomach.
That extracted :from -the fiper: sorts of cinnamon ,is lo f a beau-
tifui gejd colony, while that from; th e coarser bark is darker
and brownish’:'.}*«
The process 'for obtaining the roil of. cinnamon which I have
desdrabedUs that which;, was put in practice by the Dutch.
The manufacture has hbfc been carried on since the Island came
into our possession, and indeed it can never be resumed with
touch advantage, or to any j ppnsiderable extent. The small