ON HEMP. 



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BENGAL. 



Hemp Proper. — Cannabis saliva. 



The seed should be sown as thick as the Natives do the Sunn, 

 on a rich, free soil, which has been well manured, and repeatedly 

 ploughed and harrowed. 



Instead of sowing the seed very thick, as ought to be done 

 when the plant is intended for cordage, the Natives sow it very thin, 

 and afterwards transplant the young plants, placing them at a con- 

 siderable distance from each other, often nine or ten feet. By this 

 mode the plants grow up to a very large size, a great deal too large 

 to admit of the stalks being bruised for heckling. This mode of 

 cultivation is also too expensive, if used with the view of preparing 

 Cordage from the plant. Mr. Fleming, Bengal Cons. 5th May, 1801. 



SUNN. 



Benares. — The seed should be sown in fair clear weather. 



Hurripaul. — When the ground is prepared, about the 10th 

 May, the seed is sown very thick. The sowing should not be de- 

 layed beyond seven days. 



Malda. — The seed should be sown after a fall of rain. The 

 thicker it is sown, the better. 



Hurriaul. — The seed is sown by hand in the same manner 

 as the English farmers sow wheat, &c. 



n 2 Rungpore. 



