CONTENTS. xv 



PART II. Page 

 The method of Preparation required to render Hemp and Sunn mer- 

 chantable 157 



On Drying, preparatory to Steeping, in Europe .ib. — 160 



■ * • — — — in Bengal 164 



Management of Sunn, previously to watering, in Bengal 162 — 170 



— in the Dacca District HI 



The process of watering, or retting Hemp 172 



Norfolk method ib, 



Suffolk mode 173, 174, 176 



Dew-retting of Hemp described 175 



Qualities of the water to be preferred 177 — 179 



Judicious experiments of the Agricultural Society of Tours 180 — 184 



Process recommended by the Abbe Brulles 185 



New process of steeping Hemp described ib. 186 



M. DuHamel's mode of steeping 186 — 192 



Mr. Taylor's instructions for steeping 193 



Influence of watering on the fibre of Indian Hemp ib. 



Method of rotting Hemp under snow, as practised on the northern parts of 



the Continent 19-* 



Bengal mode of watering Hemp ib. 



Sunn 195, 196 



Process of Watering Sunn adopted in the Dacca District 197 — 203 



Livonian method of watering Hemp described 204 



Relative proportion of time requisite for watering Hemp, and the Sunn and 



Paut-plants 205, 206 



Delicate management requisite in watering the Sunn 206 — 210 



On the drying of Hemp after watering 214 



Suffolk method ib. 



Lincolnshire process 215 



Practice in the North of Europe ib. 216 



Instructions for conducting the process of drying Hemp.. , 216, 220 



Bengal mode of drying Hemp 221 



" 1 —— the Sunn-plant ib. 22%_ 



