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I. Genuine tea leaves and possible adulterants...........Facing 172

II. Genuine tea leaves and possible adulterants...........Facing 173

Figs.

1. Eudiometer............................ 16

2. Water cooler........................... 33

3. Distribution of copper sulphate................... 53

4. Contamination of water at Troy, Pennsylvania............ 61

5. Spouting spring in Geyser Park, Saratoga............... 71

6. Label Hathorn Spring....................... 78

7. Label Orenda Water........................ 79

8. Label Soft Sweet Spring...................... 79

9. Label Hathorn No. 2........................ 79

10. Label Coesa Spring........................ 79

11. Map of coffee districts....................... 134

12. Samovars at Sparrow Hill..................... 149

13. Tea bush at Pinehurst....................... 157

14. Colored children picking tea at Pinehurst............... 157

15. Loading end of sterilizer...................... 161

16. Branch of cocoa tree with pods attached............... 176

17. Pods and leaves of cocoa tree.................... 177

18. Original scuppernong grape vine................... 187

19. Chateau Figeac.......................... 194

20. Chateau Yquem vineyard...................... 195

21. Map of the Bordeaux wine district.................. 106

22. Typical vine of the Sauterne country................. 197

23. Chateau Margaux......................... 198

24. A cellar for new wine....................... 199

25. Chateau Haut-Brion........................ 200

26. Harvesting grapes in the Mecloc................... 201

27. Chateau Langoa.......................... 209

28. Chateau Yquem.......................... 212

29. Grape harvesting at Saint-Emillion................. 215

30. Vintage in the tubs, tramping the grapes............... 216

31. Making wine casks........................ 217

32. Pouring the wine into casks..................... 218

33. Head cellar man testing a vintage wine................ 218

34. Map showing areas producing Port wine............... 240

35. Utilizing a hillside in. Portugal.................... 241

36. A typical Port wine vineyard.................... 242

37. Carrying the grapes to the winery in Portugal............. 243

38. View of the vineyards at Charroux.................. 332

39. Superposed vats.......................... 333

40. Brandy distillery at Saintes..................... 337