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not apart from it, and some that stoves are not 

 used at all, but that the fire is wheeled about under 

 a kind of stand, or framework, fitted to the walls 

 of the building. Perhaps all these methods are used, 

 since this exposure to the fire is simply to produce 

 an evaporation of the exuberant juices acquired 

 during rain ; for in proportion as the leaves are 

 full of juices, so is the pain and difficulty, and even 

 expense, of manipulation increased. 



The following plate exhibits a room fitted up for 

 this purpose, having a framework to receive the 

 sieves, with earthern chafing dishes or stoves, con- 

 taining charcoal placed underneath, taken from a 

 Chinese drawing : — 



The manipulation now may be divided into — 

 1st, the process previously to roasting ; and 2ndly, 

 the process of roasting. The process previously to 



