CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[ITS NATURE]1
II.[ITS GROWTH AND CULTIVATION]25
III.[ITS MANUFACTURE]45
IV.[ITS HISTORY]71
V.[ITS SOURCES AND VARIETIES]91
Appendices:
[ANCIENT MANUFACTURE OF COCOA]103
[BOURNVILLE WORKS SUGGESTION SCHEME]106
[THE EARLY COCOA HOUSES]109

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.

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[EAST INDIAN COOLIES OF A TRINIDAD CACAO ESTATE (COLOURED)] frontispiece
[CEYLON, A HILL CACAO ESTATE]to face1
["MAKE A CUP OF COCOA IN PERFECTION"] (see [p. 19])1
[CACAO TREES, TRINIDAD]to face3
[ANCIENT MEXICAN DRINKING CUPS]4
["MOLINILLO," OR CHOCOLATE WHISK]5
[CACAO HARVEST, TRINIDAD]to face7
[THE COCO-NUT PALM]8
[COCO-DE-MER]9
[LEAVES AND FLOWER OF THE CUCA SHRUB]10
[GATHERING CACAO: SANTA CRUZ, TRINIDAD]to face11
[PURE DECORTICATED COCOA, MAGNIFIED]12
[ADULTERATED COCOA, MAGNIFIED]13
[HOW THE CACAO GROWS]to face17
[CACAO CROP, TRINIDAD]21
[ANALYTICAL APPARATUS]20
[CACAO PODS (COLOURED)]to face25
[CACAO HARVESTING]25
[CEYLON, NURSERY OF CACAO SEEDLINGS]to face27
[SAMOA: CACAO IN ITS FOURTH YEAR] "29
[YOUNG CACAO CULTIVATION WITH CATCH CROP] "30
[PODS OF CACAO THEOBROMA]31
[VARIETIES OF THE CACAO]to face32
[THE HOME OF THE CACAO] "35
[ORTINOLA, MARACAS, TRINIDAD] "36
[GOULET AND WOODEN SPOON]37
[CUTLASSES]37
[CACAO DRYING IN THE SUN]to face39
[LABOURERS' COTTAGE, CACAO ESTATE] "40
[BASKETS OF CACAO ON PLANTAIN LEAVES]41
[CACAO TREE AND SEEDLING (COLOURED)]to face43
BOURNVILLE:["THE FACTORY IN A GARDEN"] "45
" ["ON ARRIVAL AT THE FACTORY"]45
" [OFFICE BUILDINGS]to face47
" [CRICKET PAVILION] "49
" [GIRLS' DINING-HALL] "51
" [BOOT-SHELF ON STOOL]53
" [THE DINNER HOUR]to face54
" [LABURNAM ROAD] "58
" [PACKING-ROOM] "60
" [SUGGESTION BOX]62
" [LINDEN ROAD]to face63
" [FISHING POOL] "64
" [ALMSHOUSES] "67
[SECTION OF A COCOA FACTORY (COLOURED)] "69
[AMERICAN INDIAN WITH CHOCOLATE POT]71
[NATIVE AMERICANS PREPARING COCOA]to face72
[A CACAO PLANTATION]75
[GRENADA: CACAO DRYING ON TRAYS]to face77
[MEXICAN DRINKING-VESSELS AND WHISK]78
[CACAO TREE, TRINIDAD]to face80
[MEXICAN COCOA WHISK]83
[WHITE'S COCOA HOUSE]to face 87
[CHART OF COCOA-PRODUCING COUNTRIES (COLOURED)]to face 91
[SACKS OF CACAO BEANS] "91
[MARACAS VALLEY, TRINIDAD] "92
[MAP OF TRINIDAD (COLOURED)] "95
" [GRENADA, BRITISH WEST INDIES] "96
[CACAO ESTATE, GRENADA]to face96
[MAP OF PRINCIPE]97
" [S. THOMÉ]98
[CEYLON: CARTING CACAO TO RAIL] to face 99
[MAP OF CEYLON] 99
" [SAMOA]100
[SAMOA, CLEARING FOR CACAO]to face100
[MEXICAN GRINDING-STONE]104