GOOD QUALITY OF HIMALAYAN HEMP. 331 
India, But if the Himalayan Hemp generally resembles that 
which has been referred to as from Kangra, no Russian Hemp 
will come near it in point of strength. 
The essentially good qualities of the Hemp grown in the 
Himalayas, consisting in the strength, divisibility, fineness, 
and softness of the fibres of much of what is grown there, will 
make it, when known, very desirable for many purposes. That 
grown at the lower elevations is also possessed of considerable 
strength, as proved from the experiments made on a 2-inch 
rope in the Master-Attendant’s office at Calcutta. The results 
given in the accompanying table (p. 332) are a portion of an 
extensive series of experiments, undertaken in the year 1840, 
in compliance with the orders of the Marine Board, dated 7th 
October, 1839. 
The samples of Deyra and Arracan Hemp were forwarded 
for experiment from the Agri-Horticultural Society, and were 
laid up in a 2-inch rope, in November 1841, but the experi- 
ments were interrupted by the death of the Master-Attendant, 
and these samples were not submitted for trial till the 18th of 
December, 1844, so that the rope was three years old. At 
the same time, the small samples of jetee (v. p. 304) were 
tried. 
It will be seen from the abstract, that amongst the thirteen 
samples of the 2-inch rope, the Deyrah Hemp stands the fifth 
in strength and the twelfth in elasticity. (‘ Journ. Agri-Hortic. 
Soc.,’ iii, p. 227.) Further details are given in other tables, 
at pp. 224-25 of the Journal. 
But Hemp of far greater strength is produced in these, 
which are probably the native hills of the plant. Mr. Williams, 
of Jubbulpore, gave to the Author, in the year 1853, a sample 
of Hemp, which he stated had been forwarded to him by 
D. F. Macleod, Esq., as the produce of Kote Kangra, in the 
Sikh Himalayas. This the Author has, in his Lecture and 
Experiments, as well as in communications with various indi- 
viduals, called Kote Kangra Hemp. It is the fibre which 
is mentioned (at p. 133) as not breaking with a weight of 
400 lb., when China-grass from Assam broke with 320]b., 
and Petersburgh Hemp with only 1601b. It has, moreover, 
appeared to all the practical men who have since then examined 
it, as the strongest fibre with which they were acquainted. 
