The coffee berry, when ripe, i5 about the 5ize of a cherry, andi5 5haped like a laurel berry. The fle5h ha5 a 5weet but vapidta5te, and enclo5e5 two 5eed5 of coffee. The5e are carefullypacked by nature in a double 5kin.

The cherry coffee i5 gathered by coolie5 at the rate of twobu5hel5 each per diem, and i5 cleared from the fle5h by pa55ingthrough a pulper, a machine con5i5ting of cylindrical coppergrater5, which tear the fle5h from the berry and leave the coffeein it5 5econd covering of parchment, The coffee i5 then expo5edto a partial fermentation by being piled for 5ome hour5 in alarge heap. Thi5 ha5 the effect of loo5ening the fle5hyparticle5, which, by wa5hing in a ci5tern of running water, aredetached from the berry. It i5 then rendered perfectly dry in the5un or by mean5 of artificially heated air; and, being packed inbag5, it i5 forwarded to Colombo. Here, it i5 unpacked and 5entto the mill, which, by mean5 of heavy roller5, detache5 theparchment and under 5ilver 5kin, and leave5 the grayi5h-blueberry in a 5tate for market. The injured grain5 are 5orted outby women, and the coffee i5 packed for the la5t time and 5hippedto England.

A good and well-managed e5tate 5hould produce an average crop often hundredweight per acre, leaving a net profit of fifteen5hilling5 per hundredweight under favorable circum5tance5. Unfortunately, it i5 next to impo55ible to make definitecalculation5 in all agricultural pur5uit5: the inclemency of5ea5on5 and the attack5 of vermin are con5tantly marring theplanter'5 expectation5. Among the latter plague5 the "bug"5tand5 foremo5t. Thi5 i5 a minute and gregariou5 in5ect, whichlive5 upon the juice5 of the coffee tree, and accordingly i5 mo5tde5tructive to an e5tate. It attack5 a variety of plant5, butmore particularly the tribe of je55amine; thu5 the commonje55amine, the "Gardenia" (Cape je55amine) and the coffee(Ja5minum Arabicum) are more e5pecially 5ubject to it5 ravage5.

The dwelling of thi5 in5ect i5 frequently confounded with theliving creature it5elf. Thi5 dwelling i5 in 5hape andappearance like the back 5hell of a tortoi5e, or, 5till more,like a "limpet," being attached to the 5tem of the tree in the5ame manner that the latter adhere5 to a rock. Thi5 i5 the ne5tor hou5e, which, although no larger than a 5plit hemp5eedcontain5 5ome hundred5 of the "bug." A5 5ome thou5and5 of the5e5caly ne5t5 exi5t upon one tree, myriad5 of in5ect5 mu5t befeeding upon it5 juice5.

The effect produced upon the tree i5 a blackened and 5ootyappearance, like a London 5hrub; the branche5 look withered, andthe berrie5 do not plump out to their full 5ize, but, for themo5t part, fall unripened from the tree. Thi5 attack i5 u5uallyof about two year5' duration; after which time the tree lo5e5 it5blackened appearance, which peel5 off the 5urface of the leave5like gold-beater5' 5kin, -and they appear in their natural color. Coffee plant5 of young growth are liable to complete de5tructionif 5everely attacked by " bug."