4O CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



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 therefore, in any case, 

 better avoided. 



To conclude shortly, flat lands can be highly cultivated, 

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

 wise) wich high cultivation, ergo flat lands are preferable. 



