1 80 Coffee Planting. 



again by 12 (so as to reduce to candies), and the 

 result is i : 2 : ioj, or I candy, 2 coles, and 10^ 

 inches. Or, again, take a log with say 17 cuts, 

 measuring 3^ inches (Malayalim) in width, and 5^ 

 coles in length ; multiply 3i by 5i = 19^, and 

 again by 17 = 327^ ; divide this by 24 =. 13 and 

 15^ over, and again by 12, and the result is = 

 I : i : 15^, or say I candy, i cole, and 15^ inches. 



For Coolie Lines, the planter should be most 

 particular to select a healthful situation, well- 

 drained, and airy without being exposed. They 

 should be sheltered in particular from the land- 

 wind, which in India seems to be charged with 

 injurious influences (arising, no doubt, from its 

 passage over an immense area of country, reeking 

 with the malarious exhalations called forth by a 

 tropical sun). The situation of the lines is too 

 often made dependent on the vicinity of some 

 stream or spring, but instead of this, the water 

 ought to be conveyed by a channel or pipe to the 

 spot decided upon as most eligible. Ravines and 

 hollows are always to be avoided, as the unhealthful 

 gases float down and settle in them. 



Ventilation must also be attended to, and this 

 may be arrived at in the following manner. Each 

 set of lines should be provided with a verandah 

 six or seven feet wide, running along its entire 

 length, the verandah posts being the same height 



