ay it swells more in
boiling than any other variety; it is sown in May, and gathered in
October: upland.

_Bolohan_.--This variety has very hairy glumes; it is not held in
much esteem by the natives, but it is cultivated on account of its
not being so liable to the attacks of insects and diseases as most
of the other upland varieties.

_Malagcquit_.--With smooth leaves, and red glumes (all the preceding
are whitish); possesses all the qualities of the aquatic variety of
the same name--that of being very glutinous after boiling. This rice
is said to be a remedy for worms in horses, soaked in water, with
the hulls on; it is given with honey and water.

_Tangi_.--Leaves slightly hairy, glumes light violet color. This
upland variety is held in much esteem for its fine flavor.

435,067 arrobas of rice were exported from Manilla in 1847.

A simple but rude mill is in use in Siam, and many parts of India, for
hulling paddy, which is similar to those used 4,000 years ago. It
consists of two circular stones, two feet in diameter, resting one on
the other; a bamboo basket is wrought around the upper one, so as to
form the hopper. A peg is firmly set into the face of the upper stone,
half way between its periphery and centre, having tied to it by one
end a stick three feet long, extended horizontally, and attached by
the other to another stick pending from the roof of the shed under
which the mill is placed. This forms a crank, by which the upper stone
is made to revolve on the other set firmly on the ground. The motion
throws the rice through the centre of the stone, and causes it to
escape between the edges of the two.

More starch is contained in this grain than in wheat. Braconnet
obtained from Carolina rice 85.07, and from Piedmont rice 83.8 per
cent. of starch. Vogel procured from a dried rice no less than 98 per
cent. of starch. There are several patent processes in existence for
the manufacture of rice-starch, which are accomplished chiefly by
digesting rice in solutions, more or less strong, of caustic alkali
(soda), by which the gluten is dissolved and removed, leaving an
insoluble matter composed of starch, and a white substance technically
called fibre. Under Jones's patent, the alkaline solution employed
contains 200 grains of real soda in every gallon of liquor, and 150
gallons of this liquor are requisite to convert 100 lbs. of rice into
starch. In manufactu