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EXPOSURE TO SUN. 



It is also certain that the Congou teas are ex- 

 posed to the sun in the tea country, where large 

 stands are erected in the open air for this purpose. 

 Some are made horizontally, but more frequently 

 obliquely, and usually contain about three rows of 

 trays (Po Ky), each about two and a half feet dia- 

 meter. Mr. Bruce states that the inclination given 

 to these stands is such as to form an angle of 25°. 

 They are raised two feet from the ground, and 

 incline outwards, towards the sun, as here figured. 



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The apparent discrepancy, therefore, in these 

 accounts, like many other contradictions which 

 appear in the different relations concerning tea, 

 will be found to arise in most cases from a differ- 

 ence of manipulation dependent upon the state of 



