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inferior and lighter-coloured find a sale in Russia. The 

 mountain product is much inferior in quality and is sent 

 chiefly to Europe. When the leaves are petiolate, or 

 furnished with stems, they are made up in manoJcs 

 ("hands"") of 10-15, and termed bashi-baghli ("head- 

 tied ") ; when the leaves are sessile, or devoid of stems, 

 they are simply pressed together in small numbers, and 

 called bassma. The whole produce of this locality varies 

 from 2,100,000 to 2,450,000 Ib. yearly. The growth 

 obtained in the Vale of Pravista is known as Demirli. It 

 is inferior, unsubstantial, and dark-coloured, and usually 

 made up as basM-baghli. The annual production is about 

 2 million Ib. ; the exports to England were 1,600,000 Ib. 

 in 1871. Cavalla affords yearly about 300,000 Ib. of 

 inferior quality, chiefly as bashi-baghli, and mostly con- 

 sumed locally. The shipping port for all these places is 

 Cavalla. 



The district of Sarishaban produces on the average 

 about 2,000,000 Ib. annually, but the crop of 1871 

 reached 2,800,000 Ib. About is as basM-baghli. That 

 grown on the plain and hills is termed gTiyribek, and forms 

 the bulk ; that from the slopes, about 500,000 Ib. a year, 

 is the best, and is known as gJiubek. All is packed up 

 in small boghchas (parcels), of 30-50 Ib., which are dis- 

 tinguished as beyaz, from the white cotton wrappers used 

 for the best sort, and kenavir, from the canvas coverings 

 of the inferior kinds. The best goes to Constantinople, 

 secondary to Smyrna and other home markets, and the 

 worst to Europe. The district of Yenidji, near the Gulf 

 of Lagos, affords some 3,500,000 Ib. per annum, chiefly 

 as bassma, and bearing a very general resemblance to the 



