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in limiting the use of alcohol.
Morality in Manjarabad superior to that of England.
Widows may contract a kind of marriage. The value of caste in socially
segregating inferior from superior races.
The mental value of the separation caused by caste.
The separation caused by caste has not hindered advancement amongst
the rural population. The Coorgs an instance of this.
Disadvantages of caste as regards town populations.
Instances of the evils of caste amongst the higher classes in the towns.
Inquiry as to how far caste has acted beneficially in opposing the
existing interpretation of Christianity.

Worthlessness of pure dogmas when adopted by a degraded people.
Native Christians readily revert to devil worship in cases of danger or
sickness.
Native Christians neither better nor worse than the low-classes from
which they are usually drawn. Experience of the Abbé Dubois.
The upper class peasantry having to give up caste would be injured by
being converted.
The town population would not be injured by conversion.
Causes of the outcry against caste.
Its alleged tendencies.
The way to retain the good and lessen the evil of caste.
To become a Christian our missionaries compel the entire abandonment
of caste. Their version of Christianity wisely rejected.
Mischievous action of our missionaries as regards caste. Their
erroneous views a bar to the progress of Christianity.
Bishop Heber's "Letter on Caste."
Bishop Wilson's fatal "Circular" requiring absolute abandonment of
caste by Christians.
Secession of native Christians in consequence of the "Circular."
Erroneous views contained in the Report of the Madras
Commissioners.
Views of the Tanjore missionaries as regards caste.
Mr. Schwartz's opinions.
The Tanjore missionaries not unfavourable to the retention of caste by
their converts.
Inquiry into the origin of caste.
No connection between caste and idolatry. They may and do exist
apart.
Caste as it exists in Ceylon.
The way in which caste probably did originate.
The Jews a strictly guarded caste.
Caste difficulties as regards taking the Sacrament.
Its sanitary advantages.
Caste no bar to the exercise of hospitality and charity.
Advantages of caste in increasing hospitality and charity.
Caste has a levelling as well as a keeping down tendency.
Instances of people rising into a superior caste.

Rigidity of caste laws much exaggerated. They vary in different places.
Occasional violations of caste law condoned. Remarkable instance of
this.
Infringement of caste when out tiger shooting.
Instance of variation in caste law. Caste apt to be made the scapegoat of
every Indian difficulty.
Mr. Pope's remarks on the effects of caste.
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.
Manures used on the best kept up estates.
The