4 THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF COFFEE. 



found the most palatable. All accounts agree that it 

 was first introduced into England from Turkey about 

 the year 1650, but for many years its use was confined 

 to the rich, and it was used as a stimulating liquor in 

 place of wine. In 1690 the plant was introduced into 

 Java, where it was kept by the Dutch with their 

 usual jealousy, and it was not until about 1720 that it 

 was imported into Surinam, another Dutch colony, and 

 thence, some ten years after, its cultivation was at- 

 tempted in Jamaica. It does not appear to have been 

 introduced into Brazil until 1782, and thence it has 

 become widely spread all over the tropical world, 

 whilst from Brazil alone 1,495,697 bags, or 2,243,545 

 cwts., were exported in 1864, though the quantity has 

 much decreased of late compared with previous years' 

 exports. 



