GREAT STRENGTH. OF RHEEA FIBRE ROPE. 373 
stract of the experiments made at Messrs. Huddart’s, referred 
to at p. 355. 
Experiments on Strength of Rope made from samples of Fibre of the growth 
of India, received from Dr. Royle, at Messrs. Huddart’s Rope-manufac- 
tory, Limehouse, Feb. 13, 1854. 
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Rheea, Fibre . . «| 46 | 44 | 132! 20,488: #910 43 | 1-9th [1 in 16 
So Messrs. Morgan, having made some rope for Mr. Sangster 
with the Rheea sent him by Major Hannay from Assam, found 
it to be at least 50 per cent. better than similar rope made of 
Russian Hemp. This is conspicuous also in the following 
experiments. The excellence of the fibre for lines and fine 
cordage is particularly observable in the fine thread called 
Talli Rami from Singapore, as likewise in the delicate nets, 
some of which seem fine enough for lace instead of for catching 
fish. The fitness of the Wild Rheea, from its strength, flexi- 
bility, and durability, is seen in the various kinds of line and 
cord which the Author has had made of it in this country, as 
well for fishing lines, as bowstrings, clewlines for hammocks, 
&c., in order to show its fitness for all and every purpose to 
which fibrous substances require to be applied. 
A subsequent report was made on the strength of these 
fibres, when twisted into cords and rope of different sizes. 
“Tn continuation of the experiments which I made on the 
strength of some Indian fibres in their untwisted state, I beg 
leave to subjoin an account of some others that I thought it 
desirable to have made on some of these fibres after they had 
been twisted into twine, cord, and rope, of different kinds, by 
a regular rope-maker. This I have had done in order to 
obviate the objections which are made against new articles 
by ignorance or prejudice, or from the opposition of interested 
parties. 
«These cords and ropes having been subjected to a fresh set 
of experiments, and compared with others made of Russian 
