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Sumatra in lumps (fig. 2, c), which usually bear the impress of matting, 

 or in sticks, each of which is wrapped in palm leaf and secured by 

 bands of flexible grass. Lobelia herb is sent either loose in bales 

 (compare ' Lobelia ') or in compressed packets (fig. 2, D). Cinnamon 

 bark comes in very carefully made cylindrical bales consisting of 

 sticks of the same length bound together and covered with sacking 

 (fig. 3, E ; fig. 11, A). Opium from Turkey (fig. 4, A) is packed in 

 ' chests ' with the fruits of a Rumex shaken between the cakes to 

 prevent them adhering, while stick liquorice (fig. 4, c) is packed with 

 bay leaves. Vanilla (fig. 4, G) comes in small bundles, several of 



FIG. 5. Original packages of drugs (Weigel). A, cassia 

 oil ; B, star-anise oil ; c, lavender oil ; D, lemon oil ; 

 E, lemongrass oil ; F, Japanese peppermint oil ; 

 o, American peppermint oil ; H, Japanese menthol. 



which are enclosed in a tin, balsam of Peru and copaiba in old oil- 

 canisters. Musk pods (fig. 4, D ; compare also * Musk ') are wrapped 

 singly in thin paper and packed in tins, which are sometimes enclosed 

 in silk- covered 'caddies.' 



Menthol is exported in tins, oils of cassia and star-anise (fig. 7) in 

 leaden canisters, oil of lavender in tins, oils of lemon-grass and cajeput 

 in wine-bottles, oils of lemon and bergamot in coppers of varying 

 size (fig. 5, D), while otto of rose arrives in metal ' vases ' covered 

 with felt (fig. 6). 



Sale of Drugs. The bulk of the drugs sold in London arrive by 

 sea. From the steamers bringing them they are conveyed either 

 by lighters or by railway to the wharves that line the river bank or 

 to the extensive warehouses of the Port of London Authority. 



