ON INDIAN FIBRES.. 269 
Comparative Statement of the effect of Maceration 116 days in stagnant water, 
comparing the strength by weights suspended to four-feet lengths of th 
various cords therein mentioned, when fresh. ia nee 
Average Weight at which each 
sort of Line broke. 
Wh : After 116 days’ 
NAMES OF THE PLANTS, en fresh. | "maceration, 
And brief Remarks on the various Materials 
3 | : 3 7 
employed in these Experiments. =| 8 z £$/2 /z 
No. . F aéj/a|e é é 
4 rotten, as was also 
-1 | English Hemp, a piece of a new tiller-rope .|105 jan English log-line’ 
2g | Hemp, Cannabis, the growth of this season, | : 
from the Company’s Hemp Farm near 
Calcutta. 74 /139'| 45 all rotten. 
3 | Coir, the fibres of the husk of the Cocoa-nut . 87 54 
4 | Ejoo, Saguerus Rumphii, Roxb. . 96 94 
5 | Hschynomene cannabina, Dansha of the Ben- 
galese. The fibres of plants that had nearly 
ripened their seed. 88 |101 | 84 | 40 | 56 | 65 
6 | The fibres of the bark of No. 5, from plants 
coming into blossom ri | 46 | 61 | 48 |rotten| 68 | 45 
4 | Crotalaria juncea, Sunn of the Bengalese | 68 | 69 | 60 |rotten| 51 | 65 
g | Corchorus olitorius, Bunghi-Paat. The fibres 
of its bark called Jute . .| 68 | 69 | 61 | 40 | 49 | 60 
9 | Corchorus capsularis, Ghee-Nalta-Paat.. The| 
fibres called Nalta-Jute . 67 50 
10 | Flax, Linum usitatissimum, the growth ‘of the 
Company’: s Hemp Farm near Calcutta | 39 rotten 
11 | Agave americana . 1110 | 79 | 78 lrotten|rotten| 153 
12 | Sanseviera zeylanica ; in n Sanscrit Murva 120 | 73 | 48 | 30 | 26 | 34 
13 | Abroma augusta. Woollet-comul of the 
Bengalese 74 | 58 | 44 | 38 | 54 | 50 
14 | Guazuma ulmifolia, Bastard- Cedar. The fibres 
of the bark of some straight luxuriant young 
plants. | 52 | 47 | 45 | 30 | 39 
15 | Hibiscus tiliaceus, “Bola “of the Bengalese -| 41 | 62 | 61 | 40 | 55 | 70 
16 | Hibiscus strictus, from the Moluccas, a tall, 
white-flowered variety of it . . | 61 26 
17 | Hibiscus mutabilis ; 1 45 | 53 rotten) 45 
18 | Hibiscus, from the Cape of Good Hope . . .| 22 17 
19 | Bauhinia shia Roxb., a large scandent 
species. 69 rotten! 
20 | The same as No. 19, ‘only "maceration was 
used to help to take the bark off the Ais 
with more ease . é ° . 56 rotten 
21 | Sterculia villosa. c : . . »| 53 30 
