LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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1 COCOA FRUITS 8 



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



3 CHARACTERISTIC ROOT-SYSTEM OF 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" OF THE COCOA TREE . . .116 



8 DECAUVILLE-RAIL CAR AND SHED USED AS A DEPOT 



FOR FRESHLY SHELLED COCOA BEANS . .120 



9 FERMENTING CHAMBERS, " AGUA IZE" " ESTATE, SAN 



THOM 148 



10 FERMENTING CHAMBERS, " Rio DO OURO " ESTATE, 



SAN THOME ....... 152 



11 COCOA-DRYING PLATFORMS . . . . ,158 



12 COCOA-STORE AND PACKING SHED IN SAN THOME 160 



