A tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in l769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey; . t very uncommon if not altogetherunknown in Jersey and Pennsylvania. At Kincaids we first met with the Maple Sugarof which our Hostess manufactures 300 or 400Weight per Annum. She describes the process asextremely simple. In Feb. March or the Beginningof April as the Season admits they draw the Liquorfrom the Tree (the Acer Saccharinum Foliis quin-quepartito-palmatis accuminato dentatis of LinnasussSpecies Plantarum pag. 1055) by striking an Axinto
A tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in l769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey; . t very uncommon if not altogetherunknown in Jersey and Pennsylvania. At Kincaids we first met with the Maple Sugarof which our Hostess manufactures 300 or 400Weight per Annum. She describes the process asextremely simple. In Feb. March or the Beginningof April as the Season admits they draw the Liquorfrom the Tree (the Acer Saccharinum Foliis quin-quepartito-palmatis accuminato dentatis of LinnasussSpecies Plantarum pag. 1055) by striking an Axinto it or boring it and placing proper vessels there-under to receive the Juice as it distils. This theyboil for several Hours taking care to stir it while itcools & so pour it into any Kettle or pot previouslyrubbed with Hogs Lard and then the Sugar is takenout in cakes like Beeswax which when used theycut down with a Knife. This Kind has the Aspectof coarse brown Muscavado but tastes more likecoarse loaf sugar. Mr? Kincaid says She sells itin Common gd p. pound and she has exchanged2 pounds of this for 3 Pounds of West India Sugar, 26 the. TOUR OF THE MOHAWK the People esteeming the former best. They tap200 Trees for 400 Weight, the same Juice is con-verted into Molasses and sometimes into this last the Liquor is half boiled and workedwith Yeast. They use our common Maple alsobut prefer the Sugar Maple. After a Tree has beentapt several years the Liquor is thought to growstronger. About 3 Gallons are sufficient for a Poundof Sugar and this Quantity will ooze from a Tree ina days Time. The Mohawks River is but shallow thovery rapid and the Navigation obstructed by Riftsand the Inhabitants of its Banks are said to be sub-ject to Fevers and Agues. The Measures introducedoriginally by the Dutch are still in vogue. AMorgan of Land contains somewhat more than TwoAcres and a Skipple is about 3 Pecks. Col. Clausis clearing the Hill before the Door with an Inten-tion to plant
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