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sesame that I put in that sample. I can grind it to a perfe 
powder, but I did not do so, and because I did not do so — 
Mr. Field : With a good grinding you could grind 
reduce everything in the cake to a perfect powder, so thi 
nobody could discover what was in it ? — A. Yes ; but I nev( 
did it. 
Q. But it may be done ? — A. If it is kept long enough. 
Q. So that no one can discover what it is ? — A. Yes ; grin 
it to flour. 
Q. Now, Dr. Voelcker tells us of chenopodium seeds, 
wild mustard, and clover, and so on — are those seeds ordinari 
found in the Black Sea or Calcutta linseed ? — A. Well, I do i 
know them by their botanical names, but I suppose they are. 
Q. He says, besides those, he found cotton-seeds ? 
Mr. Seymour : Cotton-cake ? 
The Witness : I most positively deny it. 
Mr. Field : You deny it ? — A. Most solemnly. 
Q. As far as you know ? — A. Yes. 
Mr. Justice Blackbuen : Was it cotton-seed or cotton-cake 
Mr. Field : The Report says cotton-seed. " I find 
cake cotton-seed." 
The Witness : " Cotton-seed husks," I think were the wc 
Mr. Field : \ es, those were the words. You do use cotto 
seeds in your mill ? — A. I have only used it once. 
Q. You do use them ? — A. I have only used it once. 
Q. Were you using cotton-seeds at the time this was made 
■ — A. No ; July, 1871, was the last time I used it. 
Q. What quantity of cotton-seed were you using in Jul 
1871? — A. I crushed 160 tons of cotton-seed. 
Q. Under these rolls, with this machinery ? — A. Yes ; 
with the identical rolls. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : You crushed a certain number 
tons? — A. 160, as far as my memory serves me. 
Mr. Field : Of cotton-seed ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Was that screened ? — A. It is hand-screened — it is pick< 
over by hand, hand-picked. 
Q. Was it screened ? — A. Hand-picked. 
Q. Were the husks separated from it ? — A. Oh, no, it is nev 
done in Hull. 
Q. W^ell, I do not know, I am asking for information. The 
I will ask you about cocoa-nut cake. When did you 
cocoa-nut cake? — A. Well, I have had some at table; my wi 
has had some for dessert, but I never saw it as an article of coD 
merce. 1 never knew there was such a thing. 
Q. Tlien if it was in tlie cake, you cannot tell where it ca 
from ? — A. It was not in the cake. 
