As soon as this began to thicken, Neb carefully removed it with a wooden spatula; this accelerated the evaporation, and at the same time prevented it from contracting an empyreumatic flavor.
After boiling for several hours on a hot fire, which did as much good to the operators as the substance operated upon, the latter was transformed into a thick syrup.

This syrup was poured into clay molds, previously fabricated in the kitchen stove, and to which they had given various shapes.

The next day this syrup had become cold, and formed cakes and tablets.

This was sugar of rather a reddish color, but nearly transparent and of a delicious taste.
The cold continued to the middle of September, and the prisoners in Granite House began to find their captivity rather tedious.

Nearly every day they attempted sorties which they could not prolong.