ON HEMP. 



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Benares.— -When the Hemp (Sunn) is cut, it is thrown into 

 water, where it remains eight or ten days ; then it is taken out, and 

 the Hemp being separated from the stalks, and well dried and 

 cleaned, it is fit for use. 



Hurriaul. — The stalks of the Hemp (Sunn) must be laid in 

 water for fifteen clays ; in which time they become soft, and the 

 fibres separate. They must then be well washed in clean water, 

 and afterwards placed in the sun to dry ; after which they are fit 

 for use. 



Hurripaux. — As soon as it is cut, it is put under water for four 

 days, some earth being put on it to keep it under. On the fifth day 

 it is well washed and cleaned, the next day dried in the sun, after 

 which the bark is taken off, when it is again dried in the sun. This 

 is the whole process; nothing remaining but to tie it in bundles 

 ready for the market. 



Malda. — The stalks of the Hemp (Sunn) are tied up in small 

 bundles, about the circumference of two spans, and thrown into 

 standing water, the more stagnant and foul the better. The bundles 

 are then tied together, and covered with leaves of trees and earth, 

 so as to sink them about a foot below the surface of the water. 

 They remain there till the bark of the stalk is well rotted, which 

 requires more or less time, according to the virtue of the water ; 

 but it is generally effected in four days. The bundles are then taken 

 up and washed : from ten to twenty of the stalks, according to their 



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