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ON HEMP. 



SUNN. 



Mr. Fleming, in describing the Method of preparing Sunn, 

 as practised by the Natives, says, The plants, after they are pulled, 

 are immediately put into water, where they are left to steep for 

 three or four days. 



By this mode of putting the plants into water as soon as they 

 are pulled up, without previously drying them in the sun, and by 

 letting them remain so long a time in the water, the strength of 

 the fibre is much diminished ; but the Natives use it to save trouble, 

 as the fibres, in this way, separate easily, without requiring them to 

 be bruised or heckled. 



Instead of this, he recommends the plants, after pulling, to 

 be first dried in the sun for two days, after which they should not be 

 let remain in the water more than forty hours. 



Bengal Cons. 5th May, 1801. 



Mr. Douglas also observes ; when the seed is nearly ripe, the 

 plant should be pulled and exposed to the sun for two or three days to 

 strengthen the fibre. It should then be tied up in bundles for water- 

 ing. Bengal Cons. 5th May, 1801. 



Co mmer colly. — The Resident, after relating that there are 

 two descriptions of Sunn, the Phool and the Boggy, says, the 

 Phool-Sunn, after being pulled and bound, is immediately carried 

 to the water, and then for a day or two kept standing on their root- 

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