Chicago, Ill.
Is there an island by the name of Mocha? If so, please describe it. Also tell where Mocha coffee grows.
Henry Collins.
Answer..—There is an Island named Mocha off the coast of Auracania, belonging to Chili. It is about eight miles long, very broken, and at the north end mountainous, rising to 1,230 feet above the sea. Whalers occasionally resort to it for wood and water, both of which are scarce, while the landing is bad. There is a portion of Southwest Abyssinia called Mocha. But the place by this name that is of most importance is a fortified port on the Arabian side of the Red Sea. It gives its name to the finest variety of coffee known to commerce, most of which is produced in the interior of Arabia, in the province of Yemen.
A SPORTING TERM—HIGH-BINDER.
Aledo, Ill.
What is the meaning of “high-binder,” an old sporting term, I think?
Joseph Whittaus.
Answer.—The high-binder is an athlete, such as a circus tumbler and jumper. The term is sometimes applied to horses that jump hurdles and ditches, or steeple-chasers.