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exceed all other countries in the world for the growth of 

 good hemp. 



Reference to the Engraving of Mr. Bond's Machine for 

 breaking Hemp* Pi. II, Fig. 3, 4, 5. 



Fig. 3. a. Represents the axis of a water wheel, on which Descriptien of 

 is fixed a trunnion of four lifters b b b b, each of which tlle ma chine. 

 lifters raises in succession a lever c, which, by means of a 

 chain connected with it, pulls down another lever d, and 

 thereby raises the upper part of the double brake e. As 

 each lifter of the trunnion passes the lever c,* it allows the 

 upper part of the brake to fall upon the hemp placed on 

 the lower part of the brake ff\ and by its weight, and 

 teeth intersecting the teeth of the lower brake fj\ the 

 woody parts of the hemp plant are separated by repeated 

 strokes from the filaments or fibres of the hemp proper for 

 use. This completes the first operation necessary in the 

 preparation of hemp, g is a table on which the woody 

 parts of the hemp fall, and which gives security and strength 

 to the frame ; h h h h are the four legs or supports of the 

 frame. 



Fig. 4 shows a section of the teeth of one half of the 

 double brake abovementioned : it is betwixt the upper and 

 lower rows of these teeth that the breaking of the hemp 

 takes place, by the repeated rise and fall of the upper part 

 of the brake upon it. 



Fig. 5 shows the upper part of the brake, in which ii 

 show the two rows of teeth, kk the two pins on which it is 

 moyed, / the part to which the chain which raises the upper 

 part of the brake is attached. After the breaking of the 

 hemp, it is wholly finished for use by scutching or swingling, 

 an operation which may be either performed by the hand or 

 machinery, and is easily executed by either mode. 



The machinery for breaking hemp should be removed 

 from the rivers previous to the beginning of the frosts. 



On the breeding of rabbits. 



To include the interest of the colonists and the mother interests »f< ... 



country also in one and the same pursuit, is not onlv Jaui e 



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able, 



