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Coffee, Countries (known in Latitude it frequents Intro- 

 duction into Ceylon and S. India Munzerabad Dis- 

 covered at Manantoddy First cultivated by Europeans 

 So-called indigenous species in Neilgherries Ceylon 

 Hangurankette Sir Edward Barnes His estate 

 Kondesalla Durability of Coffee property Position of 

 the Enterprise in Ceylon Labourers S. India dis- 

 tricts The Wynaad Manantoddy The Neilgherries 

 Ootacamund Labour Elevation Munzerabad 

 Coorg Mercara Game The Natives Rainfall The 

 Shervaroys Climate Prospects for Ceylon and S. In- 

 dia Slavery in Brazil State of affairs in Java Govern- 

 ment monopoly Diminishing production. 



AT the present time coffee is to be found growing 

 in Brazil, Peru and Central America, Java and 

 Sumatra, Ceylon and Southern India, Africa (in- 

 cluding Abyssinia, Natal, Gold Coast, Liberia, 

 &c.), Arabia, Manilla, the Mauritius, in the West 

 India Islands, and in the Islands of the Pacific. 

 The plant is tropical, and has been observed to 

 flourish best between the 5th and I5th degrees of 

 latitude, north and south of the equator, and to 

 affect mountainous regions ; in other words, situa- 

 tions in which a temperate climate is to be met 



