qUatttily W-brl which the' fine* cinnamon yields, however, vainth*
4i«i$mou itself
brings* on being exported to^dOtaropd; '‘and the o&l't,fr.om the
ë 'd a f& rf iifds is ‘of a ver^-iirferiOrs|quality^0
After1 th is'‘description of ’cinnamon, and the processes 4leip-
pl%ed;‘in* bringing it to market,* <it may ,©ot b o 1 .unimportamt^to
enquifé'how this valûable branch ‘ ote>,eommerçe may hq-ip*-
ptovéd or extended! The growth' of- cinnamqàiMéinsito.i hàs^.
b i n confined by^riatiire To the dsland ofil Ceylon $ ifo ira t ,Ma-
lbbar\ B a ta ta , the * isle of France, and imdeed. every -other,
place td Vhiéh i t has been, transplanted, itjra s u n if o rm is e -
^enferated,' -''Even in .'Ceylon;1 it is “found 4n-'-perfection Jonl^on
the southwest coast. In the northern parts, andxabaut. the
bdtboor o f' Triheomalee, it cannot bé!. sëâiêè; Y<an<F therë-
fèrëlj:it musV always-be soughtJ où that ‘ coast ftwhioh the want-
o*F harbours^ rëhdéfe r mdst ineonvenieiit fow^xportatiou : - The
seaSOn'at rVhich 'th ê f irinamoh is 1 prepared, -bow^er.psuits with
the time a t which the ships tduclriat Columbo; çuffcientîy well
to prevent atiy grhàt disadvantagej -arising frofnv- thisn circnm-
Stmicë;1à The prûicipàî âccéssion "which ;the cinnamon-trade èan
reëeîVe',!iâ ^from the introduction of an 'improved,-Method-; Toï
cultivating th e ’plant! Of late years The rearing nife by art f a s
be&i attended with evérÿ success, and the plantations are already
ih 4/ flburisbinjg- sfete,:ûhd'ér the' âbtive’ jrianagement, of governor
North. Two principal advantages may/be derived .from an improved
system'of planting. By c arefully, selecting,.-cinnamon
seeds and plants of the first quality,- f h e whole grounds, whrnh
are at preseftt linprofitably occupied with coarser kinds, maybe
made to produce the finer species. If the system of plantation
were once • fully established, the cinnamon grounds’might
8
P arttmhvr Adsùümfaof't^è Cinnamon <
be divide's into three^or four divisions, one Of .which
■ B E fdwnf* each;* year.- By this means a successive
•dmg might be obtained, 'Ifclfe quantitjF%<> be procured , exactly
y d f|>bn, and"1 à ' great waste *saved. Improvements
might 'Certainly,, be also introduced into the method of barking
‘aÆ^foMeoting the cinnamon ; the present system is very rude
and the; labdur 'of fcîfosè employed very unproductive compared
with thèiï® number.
R g E B B B B I diffidence, and leave the subj
e f ; ’to tljB judgment o f more skij&F persons. My object is
gained^df I süccéedfin' turning the attention of the public to
advantage, and in shewing that if is capable
improvement.