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night. This operatiou 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, 



Oonsul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Tangier, April 2, 1884. 



