_Agriculture and Architecture_
As might be expected in a mountainous country, where a wide stretch of
level ground is but seldom encountered, the construction of miles upon
miles of terraces was necessary. “Many slopes,” writes Mr. O. F. Cook,
of the United States Department of Agriculture, “have more than fifty
terraces, forming huge staircases as high as the Washington Monument,
resting against the lower slopes of mountains that tower thousands of
feet above.”
[Illustration: RUINS ON KOATI ISLAND