V IYER It A MUSANGA. 
The injurious effects occasioned by the ravages of the Luwak in the coffee plant- 
ations are, however, fully counterbalanced by its propagating the plant in various 
parts of the forests, and particularly on the declivities of the fertile hills : these spon- 
taneous groves of a valuable fruit in various parts of the western districts of Java, 
afford to the natives no inconsiderable harvest, while the accidental discovery of them 
surprises and delights the traveller in the most sequestered parts of the Island. 
