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the rcnuyinkT into rardageibr the use of the 

 colonial vcjisrls. lie lias also a powerful hy- 

 draulic press, for the purpose of compressing the 

 flax into Ibd^ {br €3s:|K>rtatioaSi^ li& mmiaho- 

 ttam i^m iimteriie& alfti^ «[UdsB[titp' of isirimie 

 lines for the colonial whalers, who s])cak in high 

 terms of the ([uality of the rope, for that purpose. 

 The rope manufactured from this Max, takes the 



tliiroQgli it pfsmott^ t9 i^f being made into 

 rope of laiger size,* 



* Cuptain George Harris, U. N., C. B., and member ibr 



facluring rope and cabU's of the jphofHiium tcnax, or New 

 Zealand tiax aiid instead of tar^ giitlistitutes a solution of 

 pm, oir mme Mt^i«vlbi!tBXi&6i (prindpally, we 6Ui|secl^ 



(Montclionc or Indhui rubber,) by vvhicli, It is totituiKled, 

 tlie rope is rendered stronger, more pliant, and less liable to 

 pari itt slwrt b^tt^s, ttirns-, or eltncties; mA hehg «trotigier« 



suialltr nt|)es tlian lliosc tunv in use will answer for ships 

 rigging ; the consumption of heinp» of course, diminishes ia 

 proportidn-^^e say heni|}, b^atlSe the sciitttidii itn" 

 part to the bcnijj the (jualitics we lia\e named. If, hnuever, 

 a substitute is to be found for hemp and tar» we are rendered 

 independent of the Ilussian trade in these articles;— a most 

 desiKible object, should the state of Europe at any time in- 

 voh e us in a difference with that nation. Tlie bogs and 

 rough ground of Ireland* all our African possessions aJid 

 Wesit Indian islands, and New South Walei^aFe^rUcularly 

 adapted to tite i^uiture of llie phoroiium tcftttx. Captain 



