LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



I. Terraced rice fields near Kandy, Ceylon . Opposite p. 40 



II. Rotation of crops on Rice Fields in Java . 44 

 III (a). High Lands and Paddy Fields . . . . 46 

 111(6). Winnowing Paddy . . ; . . . ,, 46 



IV. Sugar Cane in Java . * . 54 



V. Tea Estate in Ceylon ,-'...; : . 60 



VI. Plucking Tea . ',.-... / .... 62 



VII (a). Withering Tea '*.'-. . .'..,. . 64 



VII (6). Rolling Tea . . . . . . . 64 



VIII. Arabian Coffee, cultivated under shade, in 



Java . . . - . . . Ipl 66 



IX. Criollo Cacao, in fruit ..... 70 



X (a). Drying Cacao in the Sun (Ceylon) . 72 

 X (6). Cacao drying house in Surinam with moveable 



platforms to roll out .... 72 



XI. Coconuts on the Ceylon Coast . . .. 76 



XII. Making Copra in Samoa . . . - .. ...... 78 



XIII (a). Preparing Cinnamon . . . . 83 



XIII (6). Picking Cardamoms ... , . 83 

 XIV (a). A Tobacco Field in Sumatra '". 'V * 98 



XIV (6). Fermenting Tobacco in Sumatra . 98 



XV. Cinchona succirubra in Java ; 30 years old . ,,102 



XVI. Interior of Cotton Factory in the West 



Indies . 108 



XVII. Sisal hemp in Yucatan . , . ,,112 

 XVIII (a). Rubber Plantation in Ceylon ... 124 

 XVIII (6). Making biscuits on the small scale . .-- 124 



XIX. Rubber tapping on the Amazon by aid of a 



scaffolding .... . . ,,128 



XX. Plantation of camphor in Ceylon . . ,,130 

 XXI (a). Mule Plough in Mexico . . .- . ,,150 

 XXI (6). River transport in Ceylon . . .* . 150 



XXII. Cart Transport in Ceylon . -. '. . ,,162 



XXIII. A School Garden 174 



XXIV. Plan of suggested arrangement of laud, 



transport, and drainage ... 208 



