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PART II. 
THE COFFEE PLANTERS’ MANUAL— 
(Continued). 
By A. Brown. 
[The following additional remarks were written aiter 
the ‘“‘Manual” bad been reprinted from the CEYLoN 
Directory; but they ought to be read along with 
what is said under the same headings in the body 
of the work. ] 
Lintine.—Pegs made and lining rope ready, the next 
thing is, with the aid of a compass or common cross 
staff, to lay off in sections the clearing to be lined. 
To do this, place the instrument as near as possible 
in the middle of the field and where a good long sight 
can be had. With this, place poles at short distances, 
the length of the field in the direction most suitable 
for the future working of the estate. If it be intended 
to have the lines to run in one direction only (and 
more than this is fancy, and unnecessary work) the 
pegs In this line may be placed by the lining rope. 
At right angles to the first line, and also about the 
middle of the field, run another line which will 
‘divide the field into four sections. This line cannot, 
like the other, be pegged by the lining rope, as the 
distance on sloping ground would be incorrect, and 
the lines zigzag as the surface varied. Stretch a rope 
from pole to pole, and with a measuring rod _ place 
the pegs at the distance it is intended to have the 
lines apart. In measuring up or down hill, the 
rod must be held horizont:] and the peg dropped 
from the end of it. The field now laid off into sec- 
tions, these can be taken up in rotation, lining all 
from the horizontal line. _ A cooly will place one end 
of the rope at the first peg from the perpendicular 
line, and another at the other end will measure with 
a rod the distance and place his end, drawing the 
rope tight and straight; other coolies then drive the 
peg at the marks on the rope, and so proceed line 
by line across the field, always returning to the per- 
pendicular line to take upa fresh length. The mea- 
suring ‘rod must always, be -held level and at right 
angles. If laid on ‘sloping | ground or held obliquely, 
the measurement will be incorreet. To assist in mea 
-suring, one end of the rod may: be made in ‘the form 
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