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give far more. The Rothschild estate of Ceylon, 

 for instance, from 1865 to 1871 returned gj cwt. 

 per acre. One-third of this estate was on Patna 

 soil. 



When coolies do not receive tallies, to be 

 redeemed on the following pay day, or cash 

 kai kasi they call it for the weight of cherry 

 brought in and weighed in the cherry loft of 

 the pulping shed, the planter sets them a daily 

 task one and a-half bushels, one bushel, three- 

 quarters, or even one-third of a bushel, accord- 

 ing to the state of the crop. Hands at this 

 season should never be paid by this ordinary 

 daily wage, which holds out no encouragement to 

 extra exertions. 



Always, when possible, let work begin on the 

 highest ground, or amongst those bushes furthest 

 from the roads ; and thus, as day declines and the 

 men are tired, journeys will be shorter and there 

 will be but few wearisome climbs with an empty 

 cooty sack to finish off a half-dozen bushes perhaps. 

 Fallen berries, of course, are picked up, and, 

 to tell the truth, make by far the best-flavoured 

 Coffee. 



There is some danger in paying coolies in full as 

 they earn their money ; the danger is that they will 

 go away to the nearest bazaar in the middle of this 

 busiest season and waste their substance in riotous 

 living, regardless of their master's pressing needs. 

 It is better to make it a rule to advance only an 



