muft be done, however, with great care, 

 that the leaves, which are in this ftate very 

 brittle, may not be broken. Being placed 

 under proper fhelter, either in a barn or a 

 covered hovel, where they cannot be affed:- 

 ed by the rain or too much air, they muft 

 be thinly fcattered on the floor, and if the 

 fun does not appear for feveral days, fo that 

 they can be laid out again, they muft remain 

 to wilt in that manner ; which is not indeed 

 fo defirable as in the fun, nor will the 

 tobacco prove quite fo good. 



When the leaves have acquired the flexi- 

 bility before defcribed, the plants muft be 

 laid in heaps, or rather in one heap, if the 

 quantity be not too great, and in about 

 twenty-four hours they will be found to 

 fweat. But during this time, when they 

 have lain for a little while, and begin to 

 ferment, it is neceflary to turn them ; bring- 

 ing thofe which are in the middle to the 

 furface, and placing thofe which were at the 

 furface, in the middle, that by this means the 

 whole quantity may be equally fermented. 



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