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to maturity, which will be in about four or five months, it is pulled 

 up by the roots, and tied up in small bundles. 



Board of Trade Cons. 14th Jan., 1793. 



In the cultivation of Sunn, the natives seldom pay much atten- 

 tion to the quantity and tillage of the land, it being a plant that will 

 grow in almost every soil and situation ; except in very low places, 

 where it is apt to be much overflowed in heavy rains. 



Mr. Douglas, Bengal Consult. 5th May, 1801. 



Chittagong. — Sunn is cultivated and prepared in the manner 

 stated by Mr. Douglas to be common in the other parts of Bengal. 



Commercolly. — The ground is good paddy or mulberry 

 land, and should be twice well tilled for Phool-Sunn, and once for 

 Boggy. 



Board of Trade Consult. 1 2th June, 1801. 



BOMBAY. 



MODE OF CULTIVATION. 



A good deal of Hemp ( Crotolaria ) is annually cultivated in 

 Salsette. It is generally sown on the sides of hills, as it would not 

 pay for the expense of better ground* Its cultivation costs but little ; 



the 



