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able to work in pleasant surroundings, and to have interesting neighbors 

 outside the laboratory, when there may be few fellow-workers within. 

 At Cinchona, with its comfortable house and delightful garden, with 

 its splendid views of mountain and valley, of Kingston Harbor with its 

 gliding ships and twinkling lights, the worker is assured of restful di- 

 version for liis leisure hours. iSTor need he entirely lack pleasant associ- 

 ation witli Ins fellow man, though his nearest neighbors, coffee planters, 

 are sevoial miles away. Tlic planter leads an active outdoor life in the 

 invigorating climate of the hills, but he finds time for sociability, and 

 at four o'clock he is indoors for tea. This custom is clung to as faith- 

 fully here as on the banks of the Thames. This is the time of day when 

 one's next door neighbor, from two or three, or even from five or six 

 miles away, rides over for tea, for a chat over the news of the Hills, or 

 perhaps for a game of tennis. The temporary tenant of Cinchona may 



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