18 THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF COFFEE. 



convenient, without any attempt at high cultivation or 

 manuring, all these objections were well founded ; but 

 the modern system of manuring, pruning, and trench- 

 ing is rapidly equalizing the value of all soils, and the 

 principal object of the planter should be to select a 

 deep and moderately loose soil, on such a slope as can 

 be worked without danger of its being washed away, 

 and not too far from roads or pasture. The means of 

 access to high roads is a point of great importance 

 affecting the estate in the expenses of every depart- 

 ment, and always determining the serious item of 

 transport of crop from the estate. 



