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sow the Sunn, on a rich free soil. The ground should be well 



manured, and repeatedly well ploughed and harrowed. 



Mr. Douglas. 



The mode of cultivation practised by the native differs ma- 

 terially from that requisite for the purpose of raising Hemp ; and 

 they are notoriously wedded to their own customs and habits, and 

 averse to innovation of any kind. 



Minute of the Board of Trade. — Board of Trade Cons. 5th May, 1801. 



SUNN. 



Benares.- — The ground is ploughed over once or twice in 

 the month of June, or at the commencement of the rains, and 

 when it is thus prepared and moist, the farmer watches an oppor- 

 tunity, when he thinks it likely to be fair clear weather for a few 

 days, to put the seed into the ground. If in this he is not disap- 

 pointed, the young plant will begin to make its appearance in three 

 or four days after the seed has been sown, and it will afterwards 

 require but little attention, as the usual rains, without any other 

 assistance, are sufficient to bring it to maturity. But should the 

 farmer be not successful at the time of putting the seed into the 

 ground, and heavy rains come on, before it has had time to take 



root, 



