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made for their accommodation have a completeness 

 and system about them which show forethought 

 and organization, and they are thus inspired with 

 confidence. The Tamil labourer going over to the 

 coffee districts of Ceylon, knows as well what lies 

 before him as the Irish reaper coming over to 

 England in harvest time. All this is the result of 

 combined action, intelligently directed, on the part 

 of the Ceylon planters, who, as a rule, work together 

 in such matters with great unanimity, gathering 

 periodically at their " Association Meetings " in 

 large numbers, to consult and determine for the 

 general good ; and in order to bring about a simi- 

 larly satisfactory state of things in the Wynaad, 

 the planters there must follow the example set in 

 the older and more prosperous settlement. 



In choosing a new field of labour supply for the 

 Wynaad, I would suggest one at a distance, so that 

 the immigrants may be prepared on arriving in the 

 district to settle down contentedly, and to take 

 sufficient interest in their new abodes to render 

 them cleanly and comfortable. They should be 

 encouraged to cultivate for themselves a few vege- 

 tables, for which purpose plots of ground adjoining 

 the lines should be allotted. In fact, all possible 

 inducement should be held out to them to look 

 upon the plantation as their home for the time 

 being. Contentment, and this feeling of being set- 



