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ON HEMP. 



the Hemp, which grasping in his right' hand, he draws through 

 the heckle, holding the other part of the Hemp in his left hand to 

 prevent its being entangled. After one end of the Hemp is suffi- 

 ciently heckled, it is reversed, and the same operation performed on 

 the other. Taylor's Instructions. 



Of the parcel of Malabar Hemp * imported by Captain Isaacke 

 of the Skelton Castle, in 1802, and referred to in the Letter from 

 the Lords of the Privy Council, 4th February, 1803, the Commission- 

 ers of his Majesty's Navy say : " Having consulted Captain Isaacke* 

 " we are of opinion this Hemp could be cleaned, and even hatcheld 

 " (heckled), in the Country, where labour is very cheap ; 

 " which would reduce the freight, and obviate a complaint which 

 " has been made, of the difficulty of hatcheling and spinning it in 

 " the state it was imported, from the length and breadth of the 

 " fibres, which adhesion is occasioned by the dissolution of the 

 " gummy substance, of which it should have been purified by 

 " water, when the stems were taken away." 



Report of the Covimissio?iers of the Navy^ to the Lords of Trade, 

 21th December, 1802. 



In 



* This importation by Captain Isaacke has been spoken of and considered 

 as real Hemp, on account of its different appearance from the Sunn of Bengal. 

 It has been seen, from Dr. Scott's Letter to the Bombay^Government [vide p. 24] 

 that it is of the genus Crotolaria. 



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