HEMP. 



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Hemp Cannabis tativu. 



such deep roots that the strongest man is not able, 

 unassisted, to pull them out of the ground*. As in 



* In 1826 there were some fields near the Lago di Patria, in 

 the kingdom of Naples, where hemp had almost attained similar 

 dimensions. The site where it grew had been for many ages a 

 Of or swamp, and only drained and recovered, the year 



