hurdles covered with mats to dry in the sunshine until firm enough for handling. Afterwards, if necessary, the outer edges are pressed in and the ends are dressed and they are tied into bundles of about thirty pounds each. Three bundles are tied together to form a bale. This bale is covered with canvas. In this form the product is put on the market ready for export, where it appears in long brittle sticks of a pale yellow-brown color or white to lightish yellow (Fig. 1). The best grade is nearly as thin as paper, not being more than one-eighth to one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness. It has a very delicate flavor and is very superior in aroma and strength to the ordinary Chinese variety. It lacks the strength of Saigon, however, and is seldom called for except for medicinal use, for which in many cases it is highly valuable. A well-made cinnamon pipe, as it is called, will be of uniform thickness and quality; the edges will be neatly joined and in a straight line from end to end with the appearance of a tight roll of paper, which will feel firm under pressure of the thumb and finger, and the size of the pipes will vary according to the quality of the spice. In the finer sorts there are from fifteen to twenty-four pipes to the pound. In the next grade there are from ten to twelve. The coarser are stuck together without regard to appearance. In Ceylon the yield is about 150 pounds per acre, but on good soil and with careful tillage and manuring larger returns are obtained. [Illustration: CUTTING AND QUILLING CINNAMON] [Illustration: PEELING AND QUILLING CINNAMON] Following the Ceylon in value are the Saigon, Java, and Batavia and China. The Saigon (Fig. 5) comes from Cochin China, taking its name from the city of Saigon. (See illustration.) The thinner-quilled Saigon bark, which is from selected twigs and smaller branches, is known as Java (Fig. 4). It has a very dark color and possesses an aroma and strength superior to these qualities in the Saigon. The Java is sold chiefly in the whole state (the outer rind is never removed) and in a variety of packages known as piculs, containing 135 pounds each, mostly in cases, sometimes valued higher than Ceylon. The Tellicherry and Malabar are from Bombay and the province of Malabar. The Tellicherry is equal to the Ceylon in appearance, but the interior surface is more fibrous and the flavor is inferior and the bark thicker. It is superior to the Malabar, which is the true cinnamon introduced into India by the English. The Malabar contains nearly all the qualities of the Ceylon, but is paler in color with a feeble and less permanent odor. The sticks after piping are in length equal to those of the Ceylon, but the bark is shorter and the length of the stick is due to the method of telescoping the sticks of bark into one another. Batavia bark (Fig. 2) has a pale straw color and is a heavy bark superior to China Cassia Lignea (Fig. 3). It is exported in rolls of about fifty pounds each.