SUNN, 



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Sunn Crotalaria juncea. 



that many years ago the East-India Company were 

 induced to direct their inquiries towards it, in the 

 hope of cultivating' it so successfully in their oriental 

 dominions, as to convert it into a lucrative branch of 

 commerce. 



It has long been cultivated by the Hindoos for 

 the purposes of cordage, but their manner of prepa- 

 ration was believed to be susceptible of improvement, 

 and many attempts were made to introduce a process 

 more conformable to the European method of dress- 



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