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“ H-a-na-moo-dee is the next in size, and is very similar 
both in habit and value to the last. It attains a height of 
twelve to thirteen feet, but is not so coarse in appearance, 
nor does it contain so much woody fiber as the Vim-bis- 
chu-a-pa, but is rather softer and more juicy, I having 
obtained from it sixty-four per cent. of juice, containing 
fourteen per cent. of sugar. The stalks weigh from one 
to two pounds when trimmed ready for the mill, and I 
have cut as many as eleven such stalks from one root or 
stool. The seed heads are large, but stiff and erect, con- 
taining quantities of large, round, plump seeds, of a clear 
yellow color. In general they may be said to ripen two 
weeks earlier than the last named. Like the Vim-bis-chu- 
a-pa, this variety ratoons in about three to three and a 
half months after the first cutting. 
“ H-en-gha. This is a fine, tall kind, being from ten to 
twelve feet high when full grown, but it is more slender 
than either of the foregoing, and exceedingly graceful in 
appearance. It begins flowering in ninety days, and is 
fully ripe three weeks after; we will, therefore, class it at 
four months. I have had stalks weighing as much as one 
pound fourteen ounces each. The largest commonly 
obtained may then be estimated at two pounds weight; 
yielding, by my poor little mill, sixty-eight per cent. of 
juice, containing fourteen per cent. of sugar. I have 
obtained ten stalks from one stool. They ratoon in three 
months after cutting. The seed head of the H-en-gha is 
large and very pretty, the seed being upon long, slender 
foot-stalks, which are bent down by the weight of the 
seed, forming a graceful drooping. The seeds, which are 
of a dull yellow color, are rather long and flat than plump 
and round. 
“ Nee-a-za-na” (White Imphee) “is held by the Zula- 
Kaffirs to be the sweetest of all the imphee kind; but I 
