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At present, of the West Indian Islands Jamaica produces 

 the largest amount of coffee, her most celebrated plantations 

 being on the slopes of the Blue Mountains. The coffee 

 produced is of very excellent quality. 



In India, the coffee plantations are situated in the south of 

 the Deccan in the state of Mysore, and farther south still 

 on the Nilgiri Hills. 



Ceylon, which used to grow large quantities of coffee, has 

 of late years devoted most of her attention to tea and rubber, 

 and her exports of coffee have declined. 



Kenya Colony lies east of Victoria Nyanza in Equa- 

 torial Africa, but two-thirds of the country consists of 

 highlands over 5,000 feet 

 above sea-level, and here 

 the heat is moderated by 

 the altitude. Interest cen- 

 tres in the railway which 

 has been built from the 

 coast to the shores of the 

 lake. The journey takes 

 three hours. The train COFFEE FLOWER AND FRUIT 

 starts from Mombasa and, 



after crossing the low-lying, hot, moist coastal belt, climbs 

 5,000 feet up to Nairobi, where on a clear day snow-capped 

 Mount Kenia can be seen glittering in the sun. The climate 

 here is said to be delightful, the temperature is never lower 

 than 50 F., the average being 68 F., and the rainfall is 

 40 inches. Ideal conditions these for coffee, and it is here that 

 the plantations are situated. On other slopes, too, at no great 

 distance from the railway, there are plantations, and it is 

 expected that coffee-growing will take an increasingly im- 

 portant position among the industries of British East Africa. 



On the west and north of Victoria Nyanza lies Uganda, 

 another coffee-growing country. 



Farther south, to the west of Lake Nyasa, is Nyasaland. 

 The coffee-tree was introduced from the Edinburgh Botanical 



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