ON HEMP. 25 



made of it, but for the purpose of intoxication. I am told, that it 

 is sometimes employed in Malabar for making Hemp for fishing- 

 nets. 



Dr. Helenus Scott to the Bombay Government, Zlst May, 1803. 



SUMATRA. 



Caloaee is a species of nettle, of which excellent twine, not 

 inferior to any, is made. It grows to the height of about four feet, 

 without branches, the stem being perfectly ligneous. It is cut 

 down, dried, and beaten, after which its rind is stripped off and 

 twisted, as we do Hemp. 



Twine is also made of the bark of a shrub called Endeeloo. 



The Cannabis, or Hemp, called Ganja by the Malays, is cul- 

 tivated in quantities, not for the purpose of making rope, which 

 they never think of applying it to, but for smoking ; and in that 

 state it is called Bang, and has an intoxicating quality. 



A twine is made, in the Lampoon country, of the bark of the 

 Bagoo-Tree, beat out like Hemp, for the construction of large 

 fishing-nets. 



On the Island of Neas they make a twine of the Baroo-Tree, 

 which they afterwards weave into coarse cloths for bags. A kind 

 of thread for sewing is procured by stripping the filaments from the 

 midribs of the leaves, and the trunk of the Pesang, or plaintain ; 

 and I understand it is in some places worked in the loom. 



