144 COFFEE I ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



and door posts are growing, plans of the future 

 house, as also the spot for it, have to be prepared. 

 The accompanying ground plan of an Assistant 

 Superintendent's bungalow, or one quite sufficient 

 for the needs of a private estate until it has 

 grown prosperous and extensive, will give an idea 

 of the kind of lodge usually built. 



The two main rooms are used as a sleeping 

 room and as a living room. Out of the former 

 is a bath room, with its big wooden tub occupying 

 the centre, while adjoining the latter is an " office " 

 where estate books are kept, and the medicine 

 chest is situated. A good verandah front and 

 back adds greatly to comfort and appearance of 

 the house a verandahless bungalow in the long 

 and stormy rainy season is a misery. A guest 

 room can be added on to the above little domicile 

 with little extra expense. The " boys' ' house 

 and kitchen will be behind, and a covered path 

 should lead into the back verandah from them. 

 Halfway down the hill are stables, and beyond 

 the coolie lines, and on the side of the bungalow 

 facing these, hangs the gong or bell wherewith 

 the " chick doree " rouses the coolies at five in 

 the morning, and calls them back from work at 

 six p.m. 



Wattle and daub are favourite materials, almost 

 as good as brick and mortar. The corner pieces, 

 doorposts, and main uprights forming sides of a 

 house of this kind should be of squared timber, and 



