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When the tapping of "Original lac" has terminated, the greater part 

 of the stem is covered with gashes and the juice can only pass through 

 the narrow portions of bark left unwounded. Then long heavy gashes are 

 cut on the bark left uncut and the so-called "Short lac" (Urame-urushi) 

 and " Tail lac " (Tome-urushi) are collected to the destruction of the 

 tree. Finally the tree is cut down and the unwounded branches and 

 twigs are plunged into water for 3 or 4 days when incisions are cut at a 

 distance of 15.2 cm on the branches to collect the so-called "branch 

 lac" (Seshime-urushi). 



Otdmary Maa^m. 



2. Prime Exhaustion Tapping (Tsudzumigaki). 



In this method, the initial gashes are cut with a distance of 39 cm 

 on both sides of the trunk, the lowest being 

 24 cm high above the ground and fresh 

 gashes are cut in above and below of the 

 each of gashes at a distance of 13 cm apart 

 for every four days. The number of gashes 

 are 6 or 7 on a tree of 7 or 8 years. The 

 length of the gashes and the distance between 

 them are much the same as in the first method. 

 " Early lac " is obtained from the middle of 

 June, and the tapping of " Original lac " 

 terminates towards the middle of August. No 

 "Final lac" is collected but the tapping of 

 "Urame-urushi" and "Tome-urushi" are 

 proceeded as in the case of first method. 



The peculiarity of this method is the 

 tapping of the largest possible quantity of lac 

 while the tree is in its prime of life within 

 the shortest season from the middle of June 

 up to the end of August, numerous gashes 

 being cut both above and below the original 

 incision. When the secretion of sap is over, 

 the principal production has already been secured in this method. 



