TEA AND THE TEA-PLANT. 



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shows the stand with a few trays, as also the rod (tig. 15, 3) by Avhich the trays 

 were pushed up or .pulled down upon the stand. The trays of dried leaf were 



FIP-^"" APPARATUS USED IN THE HANUPAGTURE OF TEA IN I>n3IA. 



Fig. 15. — First Apparatus used in the Manufactuee of Tea in Indl>l. 



then placed on a second stand set in the shade (tig. 15, 4), to allow of the 

 "withering" of the leaf. After withering, the leaf was thrown into a cast-iron 



