LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE FACING PAGB 



1 COCOA FRUITS . . . ... .8 



2 SECTIONS OF COCOA-FRUITS WITH BEANS IN SITU . 16 



3 CHARACTERISTIC ROOT-SYSTEM OP THE COCOA TREE . 20 



4 DRAWN, STRAGGLY COCOA TREES, TOO CLOSELY 



PLANTED AND DENSELY SHADED . . . . 28 



6 A TOO DENSELY SHADED COCOA PLANTATION . . 32 



6 A COCOA TREE ATTACKED BY TERMITES . .90 



7 FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND PERENNIAL " FLOWERING 



CUSHIONS*' OP THE COCOA TREE . .. . 116 



8 DECAUVILLE-RAIL CAR AND SHED USED AS A DEPOT 



FOR FRESHLY SHELLED COCOA BEANS . . 120 



9 FERMENTING CHAMBERS, " AGUA Izri " ESTATE, SAN 



THOM . . . . . . .148 



10 FERMENTING CHAMBERS, " Rio DO OURO " ESTATE, 



SAN THOMIS \' . 152 



11 COCOA-DRYING PLATFORMS . . . . .158 



12 COCOA-STORE AND PACKING SHED IN" SAN THOME 160 



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