tre of its hull.

To transplant this growth to our own fields
Many have tried, and to cultivate it with great care.
In vain; for the plant has not responded to the zeal
And desires of the planters, and has rendered vain their long labor;
Before day the root of the tender herb has withered away.
Either this has happened through fault of climate, or grudging
Earth refuses to furnish fit nourishment to the foreign plant.

Therefore come thou, whoever shall be possesed by a love for coffee,
Do not regret having brought the healthful bean from the far
Remote world of Arabia; for this is its bountiful mother country.
The soothing draught first flowed from those regions through other
Peoples; thence through all Europe and Asia,
and next made its way through the entire world.

Therefore, what you shall know to be sufficient for your needs,
Do you prepare long beforehand; let it be your care to have collected
Yearly a copious store, and providently fill small granaries,
As of yore the farmer, early mindful and provident of the future,
Collected crops from his fields and garnered them in his barns,
And turned his attention to the coming year.

None the less, meanwhile, must the utensils for coffee be cared for. Let
not vessels suited for drinking the beverage be lacking, And a pot,
whose narrow neck should be topped by a small cover And whose body
should swell gradually into an oblong shape. When these things shall
have been provided by you, let your Next care be to roast well the beans
with flames, and to grind them when roasted. Nor should the hammer cease
to crush them with many a blow, Until they lay aside their hardness, and
when thoroughly ground, Become fine powder; which forthwith pack either
in a bag or a box made for such uses. And wrap it in leather, and smear
it over with soft wax, lest Narrow chinks be open, or hidden channels.
Unless you prevent these, by a secret path gradually small Particles and
whatever of value exists, and the entire strength, Would leave, wasting
into empty air.

[Illustration: CAMEL TRANSPORT BETWEEN HARAR AND DIRE-DAOUA, ABYSSINIA]

[Illustration: SUN-DRYING IN LA LAGUNA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS]

[Illustration: COFFEE SCENES IN THE NEAR AND THE FAR EAST]

There is also a hollow machine, like a small tower, which they
Call a mill, in which you can bruise the useful fruit of the
Roasted bean and crush it with frequent rubbing;
A revolving pivot in the middle, on an easy wheel turning,
T