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during a long land journey and tedious river navi- Mr.^ucker's 

 gation. 



Eighth. Although attempts are made to clean 

 the cotton, and remove the seed and particles of 

 the pod and leaf, before it is submitted to the 

 screw, this is never done effectually, and the 

 extreme compressure to which the cotton is then 

 subjected by this powerful machine, with a part 

 of its seed and impurities still adhering, must tend 

 to injure the fibre. 



Ninth. The heat and moisture of the hold of a 

 ship during a long voyage, in which great alterna- 

 tions of temperature are usually experienced, may 

 also tend to injure the quality of the article. 



Lastly. It may be observed, that the practice 

 heretofore common in some of our provinces, of 

 receiving the cotton in payment of rent and 

 revenue, was calculated to make the cultivators 

 more solicitous to increase the quantity than to 

 improve the quality of the article. Their necessi- 

 ties, moreover, may be supposed to have compelled 

 them often to gather their crop unseasonably, for 

 the purpose of making these payments in kind ; and 

 it is well known, that cotton gathered in wet 

 weather is liable to be materially deteriorated in 

 quality and value. The practice of receiving 

 payments in kind has been discontinued at Bom- 

 bay ; but effects are often felt long after the 

 original cause has been removed. 



5. Without assuming the superiority of the 



Eastern 



