64 Process of Manufacture. 
chong. The Broken Pekoe Souchong containing 
the broken tea and Souchong, is cut up, un- 
til it will all go through 8 mesh. In some 
cases, the Broken Pekoe and Pekoe are mixed, but 
it is doubtful if this pays. All teas should be 
bulked by the manager in factory before sending 
away. An easy system is to pile in one big heap, 
cut a trench round, throwing all the teas up 
round a circle until nothing remains of original 
heap. Then work the tea back by making each 
man walk round, throwing the tea from the 
circular wall into a heap again and as far over 
the top of mound as possible. The tea is then 
slightly refired and is weighed out to each man; 
he starts pressing it into the chest, throwing 
in a few pounds at a time, and pressing 
steadily round, shaking the box slightly to 
get the tea into the corners, When the box 
is nearly full, he puts a cloth onthe top, and 
gradually tramples it in with his feet until he 
has got the whole amount in. Then another 
coolie solders up box, and carpenters close. The 
boxes are marked with garden mark, grade, 
