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A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF COCOA

BY

BRANDON HEAD

1903

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.

"THE FOOD OF THE GODS."

I. ITS NATURE.

FOOTNOTES:

II. ITS GROWTH AND CULTIVATION.

FOOTNOTES:

III. ITS MANUFACTURE.

SECTION OF A CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

FOOTNOTES:

IV. ITS HISTORY.

TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITIES OF CACAO CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION SINCE 1880.

FOOTNOTES:

V. ITS SOURCES AND VARIETIES.

FOOTNOTES:

APPENDIX I.

ANCIENT MANUFACTURE OF COCOA.

APPENDIX II.

BOURNVILLE WORKS SUGGESTION SCHEME.

APPENDIX III.

THE EARLY COCOA HOUSES.