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night. This operation is followed until the figs are perfectly cured. 

 When they are selected, the various sizes are spread on. sheets for a 

 few days in a ventilated place, the windows of which must be closed 

 when the atmosphere is damp ; and lastly the figs are pressed down- 

 wards on a table to give them a round shape ; then they are packed in 

 boxes lined with paper. The boxes must be kept in a dry and ventilated 

 room. The common figs are packed and pressed in mats. 



FELIX A. MATHEWS, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Tangier, April 2, 1884. 



