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Sugar, tea, coffee, tobacco, arrowroot, cayenne, and nearly 
all kinds of tropical and sub-tropical plants can be grown 
on the coast, but, with the exception of sugar, they are little 
cultivated. Sugar and tea—especially the latter—at pre- 
sent support flourishing industries. 
Among cereals, maize (mealies, the staple food of the 
Kafirs) thrives from the sea to the berg. Kafir-corn (amabele), 
from which Kafir-beer (vtywala) is made, is also widely 
distributed ; wheat, oats, barley, and sweet potatoes, as well 
as our own potatoes and turnips, are grown in the midlands 
and uplands—indeed, nearly all the European flowers, 
fruits, and vegetables are found in such parts of the colony 
as are suited to their cultivation. 
NOTES ON A KITCHEN-MIDDEN ON 
INCHKEITH. 
By T. B. Spracus, M.A., LL.D., F.RS.E. 
(Read 2nd June 1898.) 
Ir is a good many years ago since I first made acquaintance 
with the kitchen-midden upon Inchkeith. At that time 
there was no restriction upon landing on the island, and 
the Edinburgh Field Naturalists’ Society chartered a steamer 
and made an excursion to it; but since Government has 
fortified the island, it can only be visited by special per- 
mission of the authorities. I was fortunate enough lately 
to get permission from Col. Mackay, of the Edinburgh City 
Volunteer Artillery, and this has enabled me to refresh my 
memory of the locality. 
In the course of the excavations for the F. Battery, the 
kitchen-midden was cut through, and a section of it 
exposed upon the top of a wall some ten or twelve feet in 
height, which forms one side of the trench round the 
