VEGETABLE FIBRES. 



Cotnparative Statement of the Stretigth of the various Materials 

 employed in these Experiments, both dry and wet, by Weights 

 suspended by Four Feet Lengths of the Cords. 





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1 Hemp, the growth of 1 800, from 









the CompaHy's h.mp-farm, near 









Calcutta 



158 



190 



20 



2 Jeetee of the Rajemahl Moun- 









taineers, the clean fibres of the- 









bark of a new species of Asclepias 



248 



345 



38 



5 This cord is made of 15 threads of 









fine sail-twine from Bencoolen, 









the produce of a new shrubby 









species of nettle (Urtica) . . . . 



240 



278 



16 



4 Sun (Crotalaria juncea) cut before 









the plants were in blossom, and 









steeped immediately 



112 



158 



41 



5 The same, and cut at the same 









time ; but the plant was dried, or 









rather kept for some days before 









it was steeped •••••••.4 



60 



78 



30 



6 The same, cut when in full blos- 









som, and steeped immediately . 



130 



185 



42 



7 The same as No 6, and cut at the 









same time, but attempted to be 









cut before it was steeped .... 



100 



166 



66 



8 The same, cut when the seed was 









perfectly ripe, and steeped imme- 









diately 



150 



203 



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9 The same as No. 8, and cut at the 









same time, &c. as No. 5 and 7 . 



110 



163 



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10 Sun, the winter crop; the seed from 









the coast of Coiomandel, cut 









when the seed was ripe, and 









steeped immediately 



160 



209 



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11 A variety of Corchorus capsularis. 









Teetah-paat ot the Bengalese, de- 









licately fine like flax 



143 



146 



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12 Reddish Corchorus capsularis; the 





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seed imported from China; also 









fine and soft like flax 



164. 



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