CONTENTS XI 



CHAPTER XV. 



COFFEE. 



Enarca and Kaffa — Gemaledie introduces its use into Arabia — Fanaticism 

 endeavours to forbid it — The first Coflfee-Houses in London and Marseilles — 

 CofFee-production in Brazil — Java — Ceylon — Rapid extension of its culture in 

 Ceylon since 1825 — The Coffee-Plant — The best situations for its growth — Its 

 cultivation in Java described — The Musang — Expertness of the Ceylon Wood- 

 men in preparing the Coflfee Ground — Enemies of the Coffee-Plant — The 

 Golunda Rat — The Lecanium Coffeae .... Page 189 



CIL\PTER XVI. 



CACAO AlfD VANILLA. 



The Cacao Tree — Mode of preparing the Beans for the Market — Chocolate — 

 The Vanilla Plant . . . . .199 



CHAPTER XVH. 



COCA. 



Its immense Consumption in Peru and Bolivia — Mode of chewing the leaves — 

 Its wonderfully strengthening effects — Fatal consequences of its abuse — 

 Reasons which prompted the Spaniards to interdict its use, and finally to 

 allow and encourage it — Its chemical analysis by Professor Wohler of 

 Gottingen ......... 202 



CHAPTER XVIII, 



COTTON. 



Amazing rise of the Cotton Manufactory, unparalleled in the Annals of Commerce — 

 The Cotton Plants — Their culture in the Confederate States and in India — 

 Prospects of Cotton cultivation in India — Brazilian and Egyptian Cotton — 

 Prospects held forth by Africa — Cotton-seed Oil . . . . 207 



CHAPTER XIX. 



CAOtTTCHOFC AND GTJTTA PERCIlA. 



The Caoutchouc-Tree — Siphonia Elastica — Manner in which the Resin is 

 collected — Urceola Elastica — Ficus Elastica — Has but recently become im- 

 portant — Mackintosh — Vulcanised Caoutchouc — Multiplicity of iises to which 

 Caoutchouc may be applied — Marine Glue — The Gutta Percha Tree — Pro- 

 perties of the Resin — Its importance for Marine Telegraphy — Will the Tropical 

 Zone be able to satisfy the growing demand ? . . . .216 



