Mr. Raikes’s remarks on the evil effects of caste.  Thinks that it
    is the cause of infanticide.

Instance to show that infanticide can exist amongst people free
    from caste.  Polyandrous habits not necessarily a cause of
    infanticide.

Summary of principal conclusions arrived at.

Curious customs of the Marasa Wokul tribe in Mysore.

The effect of caste on the transmission of acquired aptitudes.

CHAPTER IX.—­COFFEE PLANTING IN COORG.

Description and the history of Coorg.

Conquered and annexed by us in 1834.  My first visit to Coorg in
    1857.  The pioneer planters.

Planting without shade caused the failure of many of the
    plantations.

After shade was introduced coffee flourished.

European and native plantations.  Their number and the probable
    yield from them.  Expenditure per acre.

The kinds of manure used.  Experiments by an analytical chemist.

Proportions of manure varied according to the condition of the
    coffee.  The time in which manure should be applied.  Applications
    of burnt earth.

Widespread results arising from the expenditure on plantations in
    Coorg.

Rates of wages, and system of procuring labourers.  Leaf disease
    and Borer.

Remedies experimented on as regards leaf disease and Borer.

Primary cause of the existence of so much Borer.  The terms on
    which Government lands are sold for planting.

Reasons why certain of the reserved State forests should be given
    out for planting.

Cinchona and Ceara rubber planting tried and abandoned.  Coffee
    seed introduced from Brazil, and other countries, without any
    apparent advantage.  Liberian coffee tried experimentally.

The capital spent on labour and the consequential results of this
    on agriculture.  My visit to Coorg in 1891.

The route from Mysore.  The coffee works at Hunsur.  Interesting
    adventure with a panther.

To Mr. Rose’s estate near Polibetta.  Description of Bamboo
    district.

Life in the Bamboo district.  The club, church, and co-operative
    store.

Visits to plantations.  Left for Mercara.

The Retreat.  Mr. Meynell’s house.  Its kitchen arrangements, etc.

Mr. Mann’s coffee garden at Mercara.  The large profits from it. 
    To the Hallery estate six miles from Mercara.

Visits to several estates.  To the Coovercolley estate.  Mr.
    Mangles’s.

Left Coovercolley for Manjarabad in Mysore.

General observations on coffee planting in Coorg.  Its flourishing
    condition.  More attention should be paid to shade.

Defects as regards shade.  More attention to it would lessen
    Borer.