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OTigM to recommend itself to the habits of the Seychellois, 

 especially as the miilborry tree grows readily in these Is- 

 lands, but with the exception of a few kept as curiosities by 

 children, I did not see any. 



" 53. The culture of Coffee is also worthy of notice. Like 

 Cotton, its cultivation had once been more extensive than it 

 is at present. Marks of what had once been plantations, 

 were found in almost every ravine where the soil was suita- 

 ble for the plant. 



" 54. These remnants of former plantations have long 

 been left to themselves. The older plants have attained the 

 size of small trees 15 to 20 feet in height, having a propor- 

 tional thickness of trunk. The ground underneath them is 

 covered with young Coffee plants, in all stages of growth, 

 forming almost impenetrable thickets, — a sure evidence that 

 that the berries have never or seldona been gathered since 

 the plantations were abandoned. 



" 55. In the Black Forest a young coffee plantation of 

 from 100 to 1 50 acres has recently been made. The appea- 

 rance of the plants is everything that could be desired, and 

 no doubt of their success be entertained. 



" The drawback to be feared, will likely be the want of 

 labour during the picking season. 



" 5G. The land in the elevated parts of Mahe and Silhoue- 

 te, appears to be very suitable for the growth of the Coffee 

 shrub, and so also is the climate, In Mahe, at a height of 

 from 1,000 to 1,500 feet above the sea, where the Cocoa-nut 

 ceases to bear freely, there are several thousand acres of land 

 well adapted for growing Coffee. 



" 57. The Pine aple is by no means rare. It has likely 

 been introduced. It is now naturalized, aud is one of the 



