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will be easily imagined, that the warmth of the water, and the 

 alkali of the ashes, must bring about a dissolution much more 

 expeditiously than can be effected by cold water : but it will be no 

 less necessary to beat the Hemp that may still remain not sufficiently 

 divided, and to wash it, at least for the last time, in clear running 

 water, to purge it entirely from the ley-water and its gum. 



BENGAL. 



MODE OF SEPARATING THE FIBRES FROM THE STEM. 



Hemp. — Cannabis sativa. 



This, Mr. Fleming says, is done by braking. When perfectly 

 dried, the stems are taken up and bruised, either with an Europe 

 brake, or with a mill, like that used by the Natives for bruising the 

 sugar-cane, after which they are scutched and heckled : or the fibre 

 may be separated from the stem by peeling, instead of bruising ; 

 and when the steeping has been carefully conducted, this mode 

 nswers as well as the other. Bengal Cons. 5th May, isoi. 



