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being so far asunder as the Coffee Picquets, should 
the surface require it, a sort of curved line may be 
resorted to. But this, in Coffee, would have a 
very slovenly, aukward effect ; therefore a princi¬ 
pal line must be struck, as near on a level as possi¬ 
ble ; and this line, being crossed by one at right 
angles, the whole of the piece must be staked off 
by lines parallel to these two primary lines of 
direction. 
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The liner should therefore begin somewhere 
about the middle of the piece, as at the point A, 
and there, running his line right down across the 
piece, to B, in such wise in the direction of the 
slope of the hill, that it shall intersect a line at 
right-angles thereto, which shall be as nearly as 
possible on a level, as CD: from these he lines 
off his piece upwards to the upper road, and 
downwards to the lower one, throwing the irre¬ 
gularity in the number of his picquets on the out¬ 
sides or extremities of his piece, and preserving the 
middle of it perfectly regular and square. 
The implements employed in lining are, a strong 
line or chain, marked with pieces of coloured cloth 
at the distance at which the Coffee-plants are to 
be planted from each other ; a rod or measure of 
the length of the distance of each row from its 
neighbouring one ; a sufficient parcel of good 
strong stakes or picquets, pointed at the lower end, 
and a mallet for driving them. The operation will 
require four people, viz. one to each end of the 
chain 
