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is prefixed, to show its hot nature. — may, says Barrow [TravelSy p. 304), be considered the basis of the best arrack, itself a mere rectification of the above spirit with the addition of molasses and the juice of the cocoa-nut tree. Bell's Travels, ii. 9. Samtchoo word is spelt in many ways