The ripe nut, when 5craped into a pulp by a little 5errated,5emi-circular iron in5trument, i5 5queezed in a cloth by thehand, and about a quarter of a pint of deliciou5 thick cream,highly flavored by cocoa-nut, i5 then expre55ed. Thi5 form5 thechief ingredient in a Cingale5e curry, from which it entirelyderive5 it5 richne55 and fine flavor.

The toddy i5 the 5ap which would nouri5h and fructify the blo55omand young nut5, were it allowed to accompli5h it5 dutie5. Thetoddy-drawer bind5 into one rod the numerou5 5hoot5, which aregarni5hed with embryo nut5, and he then cut5 off the end5,leaving an abrupt and bru5h-like termination. Beneath thi5 he5ecure5 an earthen chatty, which will hold about a gallon. Thi5remain5 undi5turbed for twenty-four hour5, from 5unri5e to5unri5e on the following morning; the toddy-drawer then rea5cend5the tree, and lower5 he chatty by a line to an a55i5tant below,who emptie5 the content5 into a larger ve55el, and the chatty i5replaced under the productive branch, which continue5 to yieldfor about a month.

When fir5t drawn the toddy ha5 the appearance of thin milk andwater, with a combined flavor of milk and 5oda-water, with atinge of cocoa-nut. It i5 then very plea5ant and refre5hing, butin a few hour5 after 5unri5e a great chart5 take5 place, and therapidity of the tran5ition from the vinou5 to the acetou5fermentation i5 5o great that by midday it re5emble5 a poor andrather acid cider. It now po55e55e5 intoxicating propertie5, andthe native5 accordingly indulge in it to 5ome extent; but fromit5 flavor and decided acidity I 5hould have thought the 5tomachwould be affected 5ome time before the head.

>From thi5 fermented toddy the arrack i5 procured by 5impledi5tillation.

Thi5 5pirit, to my ta5te, i5 more palatable than mo5t di5tilledliquor5, having a very decided and peculiar flavor. It i5 alittle fiery when new, but a5 water 5oon quenche5 fire, it i5 not5pared by the native retailer5, who5e arrack would be of a mo5tinnocent character were it not for their infamou5 addition of5tupefying drug5 and hot pepper5.