Maby, a refreshing drink greatly used in the islands of America; it is made with fat roots named sweet potatoes : those whose interior is purple-red are preferable to those which are yellow or white, owing to the colour which gives a dye very pleasant to the eye.

After having well cleaned or peeled these roots, they are cut into pieces and put into a clean bowl to boil them in the same amount of water as is desired of maby ; when this water is well loaded with the matter and dye from the sweet potatoes, a sufficient quantity of clarified sugar syrup is added, with sometimes some bitter oranges and a little ginger: it then continues to boil four to five times and the pot is taken off the heat; after having left the whole to ferment, the fermented liquor is strained through a straining bag, pressing the pulp firmly. The liquor must be strained two or three times to clarify it, then it is poured into bottles into each of which care has been taken to add one or two cloves. This drink is very pleasant to the eye and in taste when it is well made: it pops the cork out of the bottle, but it does not keep and can cause a little flatulence.