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THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. [Feb. 1, 1900. 
the eldest by 15 minutes, was perhaps the 
greatest favourite in the nursery. Graeme, 
open, guileless and unsophisticated, ever fond 
of a yarn, would repeat everything he heard ; 
while Bob showed a diplomacy which better 
suited the aims of the servant maids. At 
the same time the old nurse predicted 
that ' Graeme would make money and Bob 
would spend it.' The very fact of their being 
in some things so much unlike, seemed to 
draw them closer together : as bovs they 
were inseparable, and ever the most affection- 
ate of brothers. When the time came for 
schooling they were sent to England — Harrow, 
I believe ; and Logie saw little of them for some 
years. When they did ultimately return the boys 
had grown into stalwax't youths, the peculiar 
characteristics however being unaltei'ed : 
Bob, the sportsman and lady's-man ; Graeme, 
the plodding working-man, he too was an 
adept at sport ; shooting, fishing, cricket and 
football came natural enough to him, but his 
tastes lay chiefly in putting his hand and 
shoulder to some useful industry. 
The old gardener had a peculiar penchant 
for .attending all the funerals far and near. 
Master Graeme, nothing loth, would take his 
place in the garden. One day the two youths 
went out after lunch. Bob seized his fishing- 
rod and sauntered down the Gadie, while 
Graeme, seeing the gravel in front of the 
house required doing up, threw off his coat, 
went to the tool-house for a rake and started 
work as if to the manner born. Presently 
up drives Lord Kintore with a bevy of ladies, 
who, seeing the young gardener in shirt 
sleeves, called out, "Are the young gentle- 
men at home?" "Yes," said Graeme, touch- 
ing his straw hat, "there is one down there 
fishing." So Bob, to his chagrin, was called 
up, while Grasme slipped away raking along 
the shady walks and was lost for the 
afternoon. 
The time Avas now approaching when a 
future career must be chosen and Graeme, 
whose greatest ambition was to be a bread- 
winner, turned his thoiights towards Baha- 
rundrah in Ceylon. The estate had hitherto 
been always a disappointment, leaving year 
after year only a further loss. Yet other 
coffee estates were doing well — Foengalla, 
for instance, the property of his relative, 
Patrick Boyle, returning a handsome profit — 
and peradventure he thought Baharundrah 
with careful, energetic and judicious manage- 
ment might show equally good results. So, 
to Ceylon he went and as everybody 
knows literally put his shoulder to the wheel. 
First impressions were not encouraging. 
After walking once over the estate he 
returned to the bungalow almost in despair, 
and had thoughts of leaving the isl.and at 
once, to try his luck farther Bast. On second 
thought he however resolved to try the 
effects of manure and careful cultivation. 
W ith what excellent results we now .all know. 
For fifteen ye.ars there was no more active or 
prosperous man in Ceylon than "Logie." A 
planter .amongst planters, a chief amongst men, 
and no one ever better deserved a continuance 
of prosperity. But Hemileia was a leveller, 
the blow fell upon the just aftd unjust alike ; 
the carefully cultivated est.ate and garden 
of the sluggard alike suffered. The transi- 
tion from coffee to tea had to be faced, and 
no one faced it more bravely than Logie, 
who indeed was amongst the first to show 
the way ; and had his good friends at home 
been but well enough advised to continue 
their support through this critical period. 
Sir Graeme Hepburn Dalrymple Elphinstone 
would unquestionably have been amongst the 
wealthiest men in Ceylon or the Garivels today. 
To the above graphic narrative we can only add, 
in the first place, & statistical record, noting the 
connection with Ceylon and the rapid extension 
of interests, until the present Baronet, then univer- 
sally known as " Logie," became one of tiie biggest 
" lairds " amonj? the planting community of 
Ceylon. We find that, so far back as the " forties," 
Sir James Elphinstone owned, in Kotmale district, 
Baharundrah and Rsillagalla estates ; while in 
1853, they are entered in an official list as 
belonging to "Sir James Dalrymple" — his original 
name before "Elphinstone was added to it," 
la the same year four Coconut plantations in the 
Northern Province are given as followa ;— 
Aanie of Estate. Proprietors. 
Victoria G. E, Dalrymple 
Klaly H. E. Dalrymple 
Nungavil Sir J. D. Elphinatooe 
Tattovenkotty Heirs of Sir E. D. Elphinatono 
— ail members of the same family. 
In our Directory for 1859, we find no change ; 
but in the issue for 1864-65, the name of the son 
"Mr. G. D. Elphinstone" appears for the first 
time as Manager of the Kotmale estates. Then 
in 1869 we get the area in coffee on Baharundrah 
and Westhall as 900 acres ; while Donside (a new 
estate owned by Mr. G. Elphinstone and Mr. 
MacLeod) had 200 acres coffee : and for the first 
time "Logie" and " Belgravia " appear in 
Lower Dimbula with 450 acres of coffee between 
them, Mr. Elphinstone having a half-share in 
each. We may now po on a decade, during which 
our old staple " coffee" continued to flourish and 
rise in estimation, notwithstanding that an " in- 
sidious defunction" was at work, in the leaf 
fungus all this time. In the Directory for 1876-78 
— when coffee had reached its maximum of pro- 
sperity—the names of Sir James Elphinstone and 
his son, as whole or part owners, were found 
opposite 32 properties in the districts of Ambaga- 
muwa, Dimbula, Dolosbage, Kotmale, Matale 
East, Nuwara Eliya, Sabaragamuvva, Walapane 
Lower, and Yakdessa. The total acreage included 
was 14,468, while the planted portion covered 8,639 
acres. This must have represented a money value 
of nearly halt-a million sterling at the time 1 By 
1883-84, the return made a total of 12,124 acres ; 
planted 7,714 acres. But by 1887-88, it had fallen 
to less than a dozen properties, aggregating totaj 
8,010 acres; planted 3,665 acres; and in our 
volume for 1898-99, the name of Sir G. H. D. 
