LAY OF LAND. 41 



Narrow valleys are not worth planting. No narrow 

 tracts of land, with jungle on both sides, are worth the 

 expense of cultivation, for the continual encroachment of 

 the jungle gives much extra work. The plants, moreover, 

 in very narrow valleys get half-buried with soil washed 

 down from the adjacent slopes. Narrow valleys are there- 

 fore, in any case, better avoided. 



To conclude shortly, flat lands can be highly cultivated, 

 steep slopes cannot. Tea pays best (perhaps not at all 

 otherwise) with high cultivation ergo, flat lands are 

 preferable. 



