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inquiry may be made. It is frequently necessary to leave 

 trees which are next door to useless, simply on account 

 -of there being nothing better available, and I hope 

 I have already fully explained the danger of going to work 

 with any rigid rule for guidance. 



All must be done quietly and with the greatest caution ; 

 and it behoves all interested in coffee to make an " ex- 

 perience 1 ' for themselves before being led by that of any 

 other single individual. Inquiry, always gives a little 

 trouble ; but the reward does come and like a landscape 

 when viewed from different positions it presents at each 

 fresh glance some new pleasure and enjoyment hitherto 

 unnoticed. I have made these remarks as I have frequently 

 met men anxious for information fond of living at high 

 pressure ; and prepared to act upon any new suggestion 

 without a moment's reflection. Each man should learn the 

 requirements and peculiarities of his Estate, should first 

 carefully consider all reasonable probabilities connected 

 with any work to be executed, and then after having collected 

 all available hints and information, should commence 

 methodically to carry out the desired operation, always 

 remembering, that a tree once felled cannot be quickly 

 compensated for, and that at least, in many portions of 

 Mysore, even an inferior tree -is better than nothing at all, 

 All works in coffee culture should be systematically consid- 

 ered but methodically executed. 



