24 CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



It has also improved its position greatly by making 

 Green Teas, for which, as observed before, the China plant 

 is so well fitted. With those two advantages, though the 

 climate is inferior, I suspect that Tea there now pays better 

 than in Darjeeling. 



Gurhwall is next to Kumaon, and so similar that I have 

 not thought it necessary to discuss it separately. The 

 climate is the same, the soil as a rule not so good. There 

 is one exception though, a plantation near " Lohba," the 

 Teas of which (owing, I conceive, to its peculiar soil) com- 

 mand high prices in the London market. The gardens, 

 both in Kumaon and Gurhwall, have been generally much 

 better cared for than those in Eastern Bengal. As a rule 

 they are private properties managed by the owners. 



HAZAREEBAUGH. 



This district I have resided in since I wrote the first 

 edition of this Essay. The climate is too dry, and hot 

 winds are felt there. A great compensation, though, is 

 labour ; it is more abundant and cheaper in this district 

 than in any other. The carriage is all by land, and it is 

 some distance to the rail. But the Tea gardens at Haza- 

 reebaugh can never vie with those in Eastern Bengal, inas- 

 much as the climate is very inferior. The soil is very poor. 



NEILGHERRIES. 



The climate is superior to the Himalayan, for the frost 

 is very slight. Were, however, more heat there in summer, 

 it would be better. 



Some of the Teas have sold very well in the London 



