ON HEMP. 



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Hemp (Sunn) which remains having been again dried in the sun, 

 is packed up in bundles. 



Dacca-Jelalpore.- — The Hemp (Sunn) is steeped in water 

 ten or twelve days ; at the end of this time the plants rot. After 

 rotting, they are well shaken in the water; the parts of the plants 

 then separate. The stalks are thrown away, and the fibrous parts 

 which remain are Hemp (Sunn). 



Teetbaddy. — The Hemp (Sunn) is tied into bundles, and 

 thrown (the tops of the plants being cut off) into water. After six 

 or seven days, on the plants rotting, they are taken up, and beaten 

 on the water, and washed. They are then exposed to the sun ; and 

 after being sufficiently dried, the stalks are separated from the Hemp 

 (Sunn) which remains. 



Momensing. — The Hemp (Sunn) plants are cut down and 

 steeped in water : in four or Jive days they rot : they are then well 

 washed in the water. The fibrous parts are separated from the stalks 

 and on being dried in the sun, the process of making Hemp (Sunn) 

 is completed. 



Chaundpore. — The Hemp (Sunn) is tied together in small 

 bundles, and thrown into water for four or Jive days : the plants are 

 then washed, and the Hemp separated from the stalks. The 

 Hemp (Sunn) is afterwards dried in the sun, and made up into 

 bundles. 



Tipperah. — The Hemp (Sunn) is tied up into small bundles 

 and thrown into the water to rot. After six or seven days' steeping^ 

 the plants are taken out, broken in two, and beaten on the water- 



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