128 Coffee Planting. 



should also cross the boundary of the estate at the 

 point nearest to the main highway, with which it 

 will afterwards have to be connected. The principal 

 object of this road will be to facilitate the transport 

 of crop and manure, and as it will not be required 

 for these purposes during the first two years, it 

 need not be cut to its full width, at the outset 

 unless labour happen to be unusually plentiful. 

 Other roads of less width should next be traced, 

 extending to all parts of the plantation, and all 

 converging towards the store, where the crop will 

 eventually have to be brought in, and where usually 

 the coolies will be mustered morning and evening 

 before proceeding to the various works. There 

 should also.be an easy communication between the 

 bungalow and the store, and between the former 

 and the main entrance to the estate. 



When engaged in crop-picking, the coolies are 

 accustomed to deposit their sacks on the nearest 

 road, filling them from time to time from smaller 

 bags which they carry tied round their waists ; 

 consequently the distance between one parallel 

 road and the next should not be great, or much 

 time will be lost in passing backwards and for- 

 wards. The distance may be limited to 100 or 150 

 yards, which will allow of a line of from fifty to 

 seventy-five plants between road and road. Some 

 may consider too much of the land will thus be taken 



