AN ESSAY 



ON THE 



CULTURE AJVJD> PREPARATION 



OP 



HEMP, &c. 



PART II. 



THE METHOD OF PREPARATION REQUIRED TO 

 RENDER HEMP AND SUNN MERCHANTABLE. 



In the former Part, Hemp and the Sunn of Bengal have 

 been considered as productions of the soil : I shall next proceed to 

 a description of the various processes they undergo, before they are 

 considered in a marketable state. 



OF DRYING, PREPARATORY TO STEEPING. 

 For the seasoning of Hemp, as soon as you have pulled it you 

 must lay it all along, fiat and thin, upon the ground, for a day and 



a night, 



