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stone walls round the cauldron, with a rod measures the depth of 

 the water in it. This water is brown and holds a considerable amount 

 of tannin derived from previous charges of grass. Next he pours 

 enough clean water into the cauldron to bring the depth up to about 

 (for a large cauldron) 10 — 12 inches and next packs in the grass 

 often trampling it down in order to get as much as possible in. 



The stills are of different sizes. The larger one takes a charge 

 of about 200 bundles of grass (each bundle containing about 300 



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stems) and the smaller takes about half the quantity. Next the lid 

 is replaced and the joint luted up with a paste of flour of udid 

 (Phaseolus) and a muddy bandage. The bamboo tube is inserted into 

 the hole in the lid where it fits and is similarly luted in. Next, fire 

 is put under the cauldron and boiling recommences. 



The boiling lasts two or three hours; and according to the arrange- 

 ments which the masters make with the men, five or six boilings are 

 done in the twenty-four hours. 



The bamboo passes into the receiver for a distance of about six 

 inches. After a while the bubbling of the steam through the increasing 



