LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Cacao Pods ..... 2 



Old Drawing of an American Indian, with Choco- 

 late Whisk, etc. ..... 6 



Native American Indians Roasting the Beans, etc. 9 

 Ancient Mexican Drinking Cups . ; . .16 



Cacao Tree, with Pods and Leaves . . 19 



Cacao Tree, shewing Pods Growing from Trunk 20 

 Flowers and Fruits on main branches of a Cacao 



Cacao Pods . . . . . . 23 



Cut Pod, revealing the White Pulp round the 



Beans ........ 24 



Cacao Pods, shewing Beans inside ... 25 



Drawing of Typical Pods illustrating varieties 27 



Tropical Forest, Trinidad . . . . . 29 



Characteristic Root System of the Cacao Tree . 31 

 Nursery with the Young Cacao Plants in Baskets, 



Java 33 



Planting Cacao from Young Seedlings in Bam- 

 boo Pots, Trinidad ..... 34 



Cacao in its Fourth Year . . . . -35 



Copy of an Old Engraving shewing the Cacao 



Tree, and a tree shading it 37 



Cacao Trees shaded by Kapok, Java ... 38 



Cacao Trees shaded by Bois Immortel, Trinidad 39 



Cacao Tree with Suckers . . . 4 1 



Cutlassing ...... 43 



Common Types of Cacao Pickers ... 46 



Gathering Cacao Pods, Trinidad ... 47 



Collecting Cacao Pods into a Heap . . 49 



Men Breaking Pods, etc. . . . 5 1 



Sweating Boxes, Trinidad . . . -53 



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