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103. Drying floors, Ecuador ....... 303 



104. Repairing a road on the estate "Boa Entrada," San Thome 315 



105. Labourers' dwellings and tank for washing cattle on the 



plantation " Boa Entrada," San Thome . . . .316 



106. Hospital on the plantation "Boa Entrada," San Thome . 317 



107. Piling up the cocoa pods for shelling (plantation "Boa 



Entrada," San Thome) 324 



108. Map of Trinidad, showing the cocoa-growing areas . . 328 



109. A six-years-old cocoa field on a Trinidad plantation . . 330 



110. Part of an old cocoa field in Trinidad . . . . 331 



111. An Amelonado type grown in Trinidad .... 340 



112. Piling up and shelling pods in Trinidad .... 346 



113. Drying-floors with movable roofs, Trinidad (from Fauchere, 



Culture pratique] . . . . . . . .349 



114. Cocoa field without shade, Grenada . . . . 355 



115. Map showing cocoa-growing areas in Venezuela . . . 369 



116. Map of the Gold Coast 383 



117. Cocoa planted in an old coffee field (plantation "Getas") . 408 



118. Cocoa planted in an old coffee field (plantation "Getas") . 409 



119. Young cocoa tree planted in an older cocoa field under the 



light shade of " kapok " and temporary shade of taro 

 (plantation " Siloewok Sawangan ") . . . .410 



120. Implements used in making "dung-pots" . . . . 411 



121. Java Criollo 412 



122. A fruit of the original Forastero tree imported into Java 



from Venezuela (after Zehntner) . . . . .413 



123. A common type of the " Djati Eoenggo" hybrid . . 414 



124. Different types of " Djati Roenggo " hybrid . . . 415 



125. The Angoleta type of the plantation "Assinan". . . 416 



126. Drying cocoa on bamboo trays. . . . . 425 



127. Plantation in Surinam (plantation " Vredenburg ") . . 435 



128. Scheme of a Surinam plantation, with its drainage system . 436 



129. Sluice of the main drainage canal (plantation " Vredenburg ") 437 



130. A small trench separating two beds (plantation " Susannas- 



daal ") 438 



131. Young cocoa under temporary shade of plantains . . 447 



132. Cocoa just planted out between " Gros Michel" bananas . 448 



