294 The Fermentation of Cacao 
therefore, I have included; these remarks in 
order to call attention to the closed sweating or 
fermenting chambers of the Philippine Isles, in 
the hopes that by stimulating attention in that 
direction, tobacco producers, the same as cacao 
planters, will be encouraged to carry out 
individual investigations, with a view of dis- 
covering improved methods for fermenting 
their leaves, not only to enable the enzymes to 
improve the quality, but by keeping the beetles 
and other pests away, to increase the output of 
high-class tobacco from their estates. 
