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"is first to throw a cake into a glass of
"water where it will soon dissolve intirley
"if well made but if mixed with any
"foreign matter the heterogenous parts will
"sink - Secondly another meathod is to
"burn it - good Indigo interly consumes
"away but if adulterated it will be discover=
"=ed by the false mixtures remaining
"after the true Indigo is consumed"

"Our Indigo making ceases with the
"summer As soon as cold weather sets in
"little or nor fermentation can be exited
"Double beating and labour is required
"and in drying the Indigo the cakes
"will break into powder. The first frosty
"night concludes our season"

Besides rice and Indigo there are
some other staples cultivated in Carolina

which