78 



Ni:\v zl:aland ilax. 



the expense (ittoudiiii^ tlie liLickliiig iii this eoh^ny 

 uouhl not i'('|>av liini at the jirii e the material 

 at present obtains in England, or even were it 

 to ^ifm^^ to its feaores? Mgli price. 



Atjo^eseal this genH^^eiM cannot mannfactute 

 cordage at a less price than a sliip from England 

 could bring it ont as stores, but still at a lower 

 rate thau the Europe cordage sent out on freight 

 fesp sale ; in t^isoteny it is tliee^te ciesif^ to 

 idomal vessek, attd k tfeund vexy dimtble; It 

 has been used three years and upwi$7i(I$ as 

 running gear for ship]jin<^, and highly approved 

 of f from the flax liaviug been sent home in an 



prejudiced to deprreiate its value. From the 

 natural indolence of the New Zi'alamli rs. it is 

 diiiicult to procure the Hax from them in a 

 beffcter df^ess^ state, mlil stuae <sf i^i^m are 

 tawf ht the art of Mcikliiif it^ wMeh would be 

 advisable to be done innnediately. To atteinjit to 

 clean tlie flax from tlie epidi'rmis in an\- but 

 during the recent state, iii a labour of diiheulty, 

 from its close contiexion with the fibres, by 

 TVhich a great loss in weight >vo*ild tt^cessarily 

 be sustained. 



('a]>taiij P. l*. King, H.X. (wliouia\ be con- 

 sidered liigh authority,) when on the survey of 



