CHAPTER VII. 



Tools and implements Best quality desirable The mam- 

 motie The bill-hook The axe The crowbar The 

 quintannie The reaping-hook Erection of coolie lines 

 Bungalow The bamboo Jungle materials. 



THE tools or implements necessary for opening up 

 and carrying on the cultivation of a coffee estate 

 are of various kinds, and differ in many respects 

 from those used in corresponding operations in 

 Europe. They should always be made of the best 

 materials, the metal being wrought iron, edged and 

 tipped with steel, and of the most approved shapes 

 and dimensions, in order to get the work satisfac- 

 torily done, even though the first outlay may be 

 greater than might be incurred by the purchase of 

 second-rate articles. This will reduce the cost of 

 sharpening and repairs, and the coolies will work 

 much more cheerfully and efficiently than would 

 otherwise be the case. The old adage is, " bad 

 workmen make bad tools/' but it has often appeared 

 to me equally true that bad tools spoil good work- 

 men. 



