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without substance, the remainder would form the second 

 class, and would make a useful tripa, although inferior to 

 the former. 



" When these are made, the next bales should be made 

 of tobacco chosen from the inferior class of leaves, jof 

 which 3 classes ought to be made, and called sano, que- 

 brado, and desecho de tercera. In the first class of these, 

 which we will call third quality, should be placed all the 

 sound leaves which have any consistency ; and this would 

 form a weak capa, equal to that which is now called clear 

 fifths, quinta limpia, and this might be called sano de 

 tercera. The second class should contain the torn or 

 broken leaves of good consistency, but not so much 

 broken or injured as to merit only the name of shavings, 

 as the leaves which are very much torn, or small pieces of 

 leaves, are called. This class would be called quebrado de 

 tercera, and might be used for inferior tripa. The last 

 class of this quality, after throwing away all the useless 

 leaves, would be called desecho. 



"After this, and in the same order as the preceding, 

 three classes should be made from the sortings for the 

 heaps of bad seconds and thirds, and called sano, quebrado, 

 and tripa of the second class. The first of these should 

 contain all the sound leaves, and should be called sano de 

 segunda, second-class sound. The second should be com- 

 posed of the damaged leaves, but good for making capa, 

 and should be called second-class broken ; and the third, 

 which will be the most broken, should be called second- 

 class tripa. 



" Finally, the picking, or sorting for the pile of pairs of 

 crown leaves should be made; and of this quality there 



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