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ON HEMP. 



The fibre of the Sunn, both for durability and strength, is superior 

 to the Paut. 



Mr. Fleming, Bengal Cons. 5th May, 1801. 



Chittagong. — Very little Cannabis saliva is raised. It is 

 used in preparing the intoxicating drug, Bang. 



CoMMERCOLLY. — There are two species of Sunn ; the best 

 called Phool, the other Boggy. 



The Phool-Sunn. This plant grows about four feet high, and 

 produces the strongest, whitest, and most durable kind of Sunn. 



Boggy-Sunn. This plant grows about seven feet high, and 

 the Sunn produced therefrom is darker-coloured, and not so strong 

 as the Phool-Sunn. 



Malda. — Ganja, Cannabis saliva, grows spontaneously, and 

 thrives luxuriantly in many places about here. The Riotts cultivate 

 it for Bang. 



Board of Trade Cons. \2thJne, 1801. 



Jungypore. — No article used in this country for cordage is 

 the real Hemp cultivated in Europe. 



There are four species of plants cultivated, which produce dif- 

 ferent kinds of raw materials, fit for cordage and other uses. The 

 first is called by the natives Ghore-Sunn ; and I suppose this to ap- 

 proximate the nearest to the Hemp cultivated in Europe, though I 

 am by no means certain that it is the same plant.* According to 



the 



* Certainly not. The Ghore-Sunn is the Crotolaria Juncca ; the Hemp is the 

 Cannabis sativa of Linnaeus. R. W. 



