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pan, made almost red-hot by being placed over 'a fire (fig. 15, e). This was called 

 " panning " the leaf. The panned leaf was then thrown into a tray (fig. 16, 7) 



?TRST APPARATUS US.-,: IN INDIA. 



ACCOUNT OP THE MAKUPACTURE OP BLACK TKA IN AJ^SAM IN 1836 

 by iiR. C. A. BRUCE. 



Fig. 16. — First Apparatus used in the Manufacture of Tea in India. 



and deposited on a table, where it was roUed into a ball, and then the "roUing 

 process " continued within the hands (fig. 16, &). 



