LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. TEA-PLANT, SHOWING FLO WEES AND SEED PODS Frontispiece 



FACING PAOB 



2. COOLIE LINES ON AN INDIAN TEA ESTATE - - - 1 



3. A TEA-PICKEE IN NEPAL 8 



4. A TYPICAL HILL- SIDE TEA PLANTATION - - - - 12 



5. PRUNING TEA IN CEYLON 17 



6. WITHERING THE FRESH LEAVES: (1) IN FORMOSA, (2) IN 



CEYLON 24 



7. ROLLING THE LEAVES BY MACHTNERY - - - - 35 

 r SORTING THE LEAVES, INDIA | 



■ "^BtTLKING TEA, CEYLON / 



„ ^TRANSFERRING TEA-PLANTS FROM NURSERY TO PLANTATION ~» 



'\SPRAYING TEA-PLANTS IN INDIA / 



10. WEIGHING THE DAY's PICKINGS 43 



,, fFERMENTING TEA IN INDIA ^ 



11.-^ \ 46 



(firing tea in INDIA / 



12. INDIAN TEA : HOEING 48 



13. A CHINESE TEA FARM 51 



, . J CHINESE BOYS PACKING TEA "i -. 



' \CHINESE BOYS PAINTING TRADE-MARKS ON TEA-CHESTS j 



15. CHINESE GIRLS PLUCKING TEA 56 



16. PLUCKING TEA IN FORMOSA 59 



17. SORTING THE LEAVES, FORMOSA 62 



18. JUNKS BEING LADEN WITH BAGS OF TEA, FORMOSA - - 65 



19. TEA-GARDEN ON TJILIWOENG ESTATE, JAVA - - - 72 



20. ON THE WAY TO MARKET 75 



21. TEA-TASTING 78 



22. SHIPPING TEA FROM INDIA 83 



23. PACKETING AND PACKING TEA, CEYLON - - - - 86 



24. PLUCKING TEA IN INDIA On the Cover 



