CHAPTER X. 



Lining out Objects Method The rope The baseline- 

 Lining square West Indies and Java Distance apart 

 Hexagons Quincunx formation Pitting Depth desi- 

 rable The day's task Work to be completed before 

 wet season Filling in Women and boys. 



IN order to admit of large gangs of labourers 

 working together on an estate without confusion, 

 and to enable the employer more easily to check 

 the amount of work done by each person, as well 

 as to economize surface to the utmost, by having 

 the largest number of plants on a given area, each 

 with its due share of ground, the land is " lined " as 

 soon as cleared. That is to say, the place for every 

 plant is carefully marked out by means of pickets 

 placed at equal distances, and in perfectly straight 

 parallel lines throughout the plantation. This 

 gives an appearance of order, regularity, and neat- 

 ness very pleasing to the eye. The work is done 

 in the following manner : In the first place, the 

 pegs or pickets must be provided ; they should be 

 from two and a half to three feet long, and 



