LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE TEA PLANT . . . . . Frontispiece 



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A WILD TEA TREE . . . 2 



A KANGANI SUPERINTENDING PLUCKING ... 4 

 A CEYLON TEA GARDEN ..... 8 



TEA GARDEN (SOUTH SYLHET) . . . -12 



TRANSPORT OF TEA IN CEYLON . . . .18 



TEA CARAVAN IN THE STREETS OF PEKIN . . 24 



JAPANESE WOMEN PLUCKING TEA . . . .30 



JAPANESE WOMEN ROASTING TEA . . . .34 



TEA PLANTATIONS NEAR BATOUM . . . .36 



WEIGHING THE DAY'S PLUCKINGS IN CEYLON . . 40 



TEA GARDEN AND FACTORY (SEPHINGURl) . . 44 



TEA GARDEN BUNGALOW . . . . .48 



TRANSPLANTING YOUNG TEA PLANTS . . .52 



A SIROCCO FIRING MACHINE . . . . .56 



COOLIES CARRYING BRICK TEA TO TIBET . . .58 



PRUNING TEA (MONABARRIE) . . . . .68 



PLUCKING TEA ....... 70 



WEIGHING THE GREEN LEAF . . . . .76 



WITHERING TEA . . . . . . . .78 



ROLLING LEAF . . . . . .82 



FERMENTING THE LEAF . . . . . .86 



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