CHAPTER XII. 



ENEMIES. 



THE profits derived from healthy Coffee are so 

 large, that were it not for many enemies which 

 hamper the planter's struggles and stultify his best 

 efforts, his occupaion would be one of the most 

 profitable in the world. As it is he has to con- 

 tend with numerous foes, and the more lowly and 

 minute forms have proved themselves the most 

 difficult to combat in those long struggles which 

 have been waged since Coffee cultivation rose to 

 its present importance in the various territories of 

 the Crown. 



From the mammalian kingdom he has not 

 much to fear, or is generally able to devise efficient 

 remedies against their ravages. Amongst 



ANIMALS, 



Elephants and hill buffaloes, as well as domestic 

 cattle of natives, sometimes do considerable damage. 

 Deer of all kinds, and particularly sambour, com- 

 mon to every part of India and Ceylon, roam in 

 wooded districts, often coming out of an evening 

 into the planter's coffee or guinea grass clearings 

 to browze upon what they can find. This is 



