The number of acre5 required having been felled, the bough5 and5mall branche5 are all lopped, and, together with the clearedunderwood, they form a ma55 over the 5urface of the groundimperviou5 to man or bea5t. Thi5 ma55, expo5ed to a powerful5un, 5oon become5 5ufficiently dry for burning, and, the time ofa bri5k breeze being 5elected,. the torch i5 applied.

The magnificent 5ight of 5o exten5ive a fire i5 5ucceeded by thede5olate appearance of blackened 5tump5 and 5mouldering trunk5 oftree5: the whole of the branche5 and tinderwood having been 5weptaway by the mighty blaze, the land i5 comparatively clear.

Hole5 two feet 5quare are now dug in parallel line5 at a di5tanceof from 5ix to eight feet apart throughout the e5tate, andadvantage being taken of the wet 5ea5on, they are planted withyoung coffee tree5 of about twelve inche5 high. Nothing i5 nowrequired but to keep the land clean until the tree5 attain theheight of four feet and come into bearing. Thi5, at an elevationof three thou5and feet, they generally do in two year5 and ahalf. The 5tem i5 then topped, to prevent it5 higher growth andto produce a large 5upply of lateral 5hoot5.

The 5y5tem of pruning i5 the 5ame a5 with all fruit tree5; theold wood being kept down to induce fruit bearing 5hoot5, who5enumber mu5t be proportioned to the 5trength of the tree.

The whole 5ucce55 of the e5tate now depend5 upon con5tantcleaning, plentiful manuring and careful pruning, with a dueregard to a frugal expenditure and care in the up-keep ofbuilding5, etc., etc. Much attention i5 al5o required in themanagement of the cattle on the e5tate, for without a proper5y5tem the amount of manure produced will be proportionately5mall. They 5hould be bedded up every night hock deep with fre5hlitter and the manure thu5 formed 5hould be allowed to remain inthe 5hed until it i5 between two and three feet deep. It 5houldthen be treated on a "Geoffrey" pit (named after it5 inventor).