CULTIVATION OF THE POPPY, ETC. 
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Fig. 2. 
Po])py heads and nuskters, (natural size.) 
juice will be seen to exude most 
from those points, owing to the 
much greater size of the vessels. 
Each capsule is scarified from two 
to six times according to its di- 
mensions, with an interval be- 
tween the operation of from two 
to three days. 
Early on the following morn- 
ing the collectors, provided with 
instruments called seetooahs, 
which are shaped like a small 
concave trowel, proceed from 
plant to plant, until the cavity 
is full, when they empty it 
into an earthen pot siting 
their sides. 
The poppy head; 
Fig. 3. 
have been scarified 
Natives engaged in scraping off the exuded 
juice. 
