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ON HEMP. 



Plate IV. — A. Is a scutch, inclined against the upright board 

 of a double scutching-frame; in which is to be observed, the 

 handle, by which the workman holds it; and the blade, with the 

 edge of which he strikes the Hemp. 



E.— A single scutching-frame, consisting of a piece of wood 

 placed horizontally, which serves for a foot-board ; and the upright 

 board with a semicircular incision or notch at top, in which the 

 workman lays the handful of Hemp to be scutched, as is seen at B. 



D. — A double scutching-frame, consisting of two uprights 

 (with their semicircular incisions or notches), fixed to a horizontal 

 plank, resting on the floor of the workshop. 



B. — A workman holding a parcel of Hemp in his left hand, 

 and preparing to strike it with a scutch of another description, which 

 he holds in his right hand, 



C. — A workman shaking a handful of Hemp, in order to 

 detach the boon or reedy particles from it. Some scutched Hemp 

 is laid across the foot-board of the scutching-frame. 



G. — A workman tying the scutched Hemp in a bundle in 

 which state it is carried to the hecklers. 



H. — A workman in the operation of Beating, as described 

 under the head of Beetling. 



Properly speaking, Hemp is fit for market as soon as it is 

 scutched. The operations of Beating and Heckling are performed 



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