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action of heavy rounded pestles, working like the 

 fulling-mills of woolen factories. Beneath these pes- 

 tles, which are generally worked by water-power, the 

 pellicles are broken off into small scales, like bran, 

 and the coffee liberated. The whole is then carried 

 to the fanning-mill, from which the coffee comes out 

 freed from the chaff. Lastly, the coffee is spread 

 upon large tables, and all the black, brown, or broken 

 grains removed by hand ; though this is done only 

 for the superior article called cafe bonifieur, which 

 has a local value of two cents more per pound than 

 that not thus treated. 



Nearly all the coffee raised in the island goes to 

 France, where it is much sought after ; but it is ex- 

 pensive, its value being, in the island itself, from 

 twenty-three to twenty-six cents, when purchased 

 from the producers. Mocha coffee is* raised only in 

 small quantities, but it is of excellent quality. In 

 order to increase the cultivation of coffee, the colonial 

 government has lately offered a premium of forty dol- 

 lars for every new hectare (two acres) thus planted. 

 The coffee plantations do not interfere with the sugar 

 estates, as they are generally on the mountains, while 

 the latter occupy land near the seashore. There are, 

 at present, nine hundred and sixty-five coffee estates 

 in Guadeloupe. This description of coffee-culture was 

 given me by Monsieur Colardeau. 



From the glossy green leaves gleamed berries, yel- 

 low and red, giving a beautiful effect. In one of the 

 squares I observed a large bed of strawberries, the 

 only ones I have seen in these islands. Higher up I 

 found a species of rubus, a raspberry found only in 

 high altitudes, and the only representative of its family 



