On the third of January we met at Ernakullam.The most Striking thing that drew our attention here,was the extent to which the human labour had supplanted cattle labour:even huge waggons were drawn by teams of men.We visited the Tata Oil Mills:we were much impressed on seing the intricate processes by which ol,particularly coconut oil.are transformed into various articles of luxury and necessity We next visited the Palace Orchards of His Highness the Maharaja of Cochin.We als went to the Government coconut farm wherein we learnt the detailse of the cultivation as well as those of several experiments conducted.The next item of interest that we saw here,was the manufacture of coir and coir articles in the firm of W.M.Goodacre & Sons.The fundamentall processes are all done by hand it was very interesting to watch the dexerrity with which the workers made the mats and other articles of high value
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