inipirinnrc*, deterring others with stronger nerves fr^n 

 benefiting the public by engaifuu/ in the sam? t 

 suit. Numerous, truly » are the vexations, anxiet; 

 obstacles which the planter has to encounter ; an f ! *«t : - 

 though, in estimation, these are outweighed by ad-an- 

 tages Xlic. intending planter should reflect with the poet, 

 whose immortal verse harinouizes with our subject, 

 that 



»« Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, 

 ** And robes the mountain in a spicy hue/* 



His hand having fairly grasped the ploughman's rib- 

 ands, it is to he hoped that his mind will he sunned and 



** Bleat by visionary thoughts that stiay, 

 " To count the joy* of fortune's better day.** 



And will be also soothed in the verdant bosom of 

 nature herself with the hope that 



11 In her swrtt garden grow, 

 « Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe/* 

 COST OF CULTIVATING. 

 As no unif >rm system of planting spicc3 has yet 

 been adopted here, it becomes somewhat difficult to 

 state the precise expense attending it. 



«*cee<l 140° of FarenheiU The fire is lighted in the evening and 

 kept up for the whole of die night The nuU are turned every 2 nd, 

 or 3rd. day: after *2 complete months smoking, nud when they rattle 

 freely in thcbhull, they arc crucked with wooden malioU and j»aeUd. 



THE CLOVE. 



The mother-cloves are planted at 1 2 inches apart, screened 

 from the sun and duly watered. They terminate within five weeks 

 and when 4 or 5 feet high are to be planted out at about 30 feet 

 apart. »ud are lo be cultivated in the same way as nutmeg* arc, 

 o'nly that when full-grown they require |rd. less manure. 



The clove loses about 60 per cent, in drying. 



For a plantation of i OOO spice trees at Bencoolen, which would 

 require in Fe.n-iu -about L3 orlongs of Uud, Dr. Lum^aine reckon- 

 ed that >t would be kouiaito to keep 7 Chinese labourers or Ben- 

 galees 50 head Of C4tdt , uud 2 ploughs, independent of coiiv«;Un 0 ' 

 the cjuve J* u rest. 



