excesses,, and .that i t ypaS;, impossible to suffer ao independent
jurisdiction tq; qxk$. ipj.'fhg heart of bis government. : He
therefore gavfe. his approbation to whatj Macdonnell had'
done; and;.frgm tfos^idepifiopj.»tljeer chpliabs must now consider
%epselyps Js subject tp ;th§ same j urisdiction .iril&YAbg', isjeut { .of
% f;«{patiMe?' '.v
The process iof npreparbag the . cinnamon ; for exportation.,If
Gpndueted;.as I follows^j ,-Itis the first, care . of the, r.hnliahc tog
find out a.jtrffi o f ith e h^st -iiualit^i This;!t]bgh,: ?SE|gaeity, and:
jpactice easily enables -them to .'da a§jg& leaves and
marks. , $uch brancbesu as : are .' three j year# ,oldj, and ajppear
proper for the purpasp, are then lopped off with a large crooked
pruning , Jpafe. From these < benches the| outside th in , ogafe
of the bs^-k is, scrappd o ff; with a knife of a, poeuiiar, shapes
concave on . the one] §foe-andiiO!^iIox ,tp^ tlfo>pt;hdr>i Wlth.[fft[
point, of\this knife flip bark is ripped up ) longwise,, and-hAhe?
convex side is then employed. in gradually, lapseping, it from»
the branch till it can be taken off entire. Inr.iKi& sfjate:'th e
bark appears imthp form’ q f tubes open fat onej jside^ the smaller
of which are inserted into the larger, and . thus spread out
to dry. T-her heat of the sun, by quickly drymg, upifhe mois-
tufe, makes the tubes contract, still Closer,, till they at last
attain the form in which we see1 them in bforope, /VVTaen sufficiently
dry the bark is made into , bundles. ;of ab o u t^ h iaty
pounds weight each, and _ bound up with pieces of split bain-
boe twigs; These bundles are carried by the choliahs >to th e
cinnamon go-downs*, or. store houses, belonging to the company.
As they are brought in, each bundle is marked and
weighed, and placed in the heap of the particular district or
village to which those who brought it belong; each heap being
kept separaterrtill f't%e- quanfif^expejetefl. from the^dkfrfot be
made up. <^The several(processes requited in cutting and barking
thefjciiinamon a re ’>pq«ceUed out among ^ v e ^ .^ a A s ^ ^ f -
choliahs whp.are ■ emjjlojyed only, to perform their own particular
bikndhes; b^itbis sub(Ev&iQn:Ofi labowi,- Ao,M^lfedjb6goih^imuqh
easier ; ’to theta, land mheh. morp..profitable to; theiyemployers*
b The next stepj .after „the cinnkmon has. been Carriedq into the
company's1 istoyebhiouses, ishta'cexamih# iff qualify* Tbis task
is-imposed-.iupon the-coinpiany’s:(SUfEgeoh§diand a yery/^k^grepr
able one it proves: to It qsi performed by takirig Ei fow
sticks ‘out of eaChtiibutidle, iand:ichewmg theni ShccessiveLys as
the taste is the «mly isitce method of: ascertaining ■ the quality,
cihnamOta ‘ by wegp«Sfie*i ;•
thhfaanguC and« the.'iinside>bff the mouthy .'and causes such ap into-
lefrablo.*pain las Tenders it impossible^ beta u t o ^ ^ p l b ^ th e
prdcC|S 3bhoye^w«f' or three days successively.. The surgeons
are -however (Obliged ih their , turnsjj to resume it, as th ey /are
responsible' 'for' the goodness' of the /cinnamon ^ ifo.wi fjwtamary
for, them totaatigate:;ffae paimiby .eating; a ^ e c ^ t ^ ta’ead and
b u tte r; bet jveeh whilesifo-;
The- best cinnamon; is ; rather *iphable; and oaSght mot, tauch to
exeed&i?stCEufeswnting paper in tfiipklitess. ,i ;a/light y ^ -
loWish colour: it possesses a swddfi taste, not- for-hot as to occasion
pain, and not succeeded by -any after-taste. The.inferior
kind is distfoguashed byibeing rishiokeiv to£, a darkey and brpwnish
coldtiiy^hot and pungent. wheh .'cbewedy and sucGeeded by a
disagreeable, bitter after-taste.
After > the quality of ■ the cinnamon has- been by this means
ascertained, it is made up into large bundles, each about four
■feet long, and all of the same weight. The weight of each