feehn^a mi opening his parte ; his temperament ought 

 to besanguinc ; and his trust in native operatives should 

 be the reverse of overweening'. 



Without these preliminary cjualifi cations he a> ill as- 

 suredly falter, waver, and stumble in his career— I hereby 

 risking his own ruin, and v>hut abstractedly is of more 



When 4 feet high they are to be planted out 30 feet asunder— at 

 the commencement of the rains. They are then to be screened 

 from the violence of the sun and wiml. It is a metier of essential 

 importance that the ground be well opened and the cohesion 

 diiiiimahed. 



The trees must be watered every other day in sultry weather. 

 Each tree must be shaded from the sun until the fifth year, and 

 have 4 garden-baskets full of the manure, before stated, given to 

 them yearly. 



.After the 5th year, until the 15th, the comport will con»i*t. of one 

 half burnt earth and half cow dung— and from 8 to 12 baskets full 

 of die compost will be given to each bearing free, a leaser proporti- 

 on being distributed to the maj<*. After the 1.0'h yew the stimulus 

 must be increased, and from 12 to IG baskets full will be given to 

 each tree biennially. The compost should previously be spread out 

 lor three or four days in the sun. 



The manure should be applied in a circular furrow in in mediate 

 contact with tha extremities of the fibrous roots of ihe trees. Other 

 htimuii will readily occur to the intelligent planter. 



The roots of the trees should be kept properly covered with the 

 mould. The growth of the lateral branches is to be eucmi raged* 

 and all stickers and dead and unproductive branches will be re~ 

 moved. Creepers are to he dislodged and the lower \ertirles lop- 

 pod off to admit air to the stem. When the lallang ha* been era- 

 dicated, innoxious grasses will be encouraged in the spares betwixt 

 the rows. Seven monlln generally intervene betwixt the appearance 

 of the blossom and ripening of the fruit. 



The fruit having ripened, the outer integument hursts spontane- 

 ously, and is gathered by a hook attached to a ton^ stick, and the 

 mace, being cautiously stripped oft and flattened by the bunds in 

 single layers, is placed on mots for 3 or 4 days in the suu to dry. 



The tint* being liberated from the mace are carried t<j the drick- 

 constructed drying house, an J hi <j:i i iges of split uibongs elevated 

 10 feet above the floor or lathes dighi.y separated so as to admit 

 the heat from a smouldering lire uude , ne.ath. The heat ihgald nut 



