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145. Zand, or yellow earth, used by the Uaupés for painting pottery, 
ornaments worn in dances, etc. : 
146. Bark of Tururí. (2144to Bentham.) The tree from which 
my specimens were taken measured 110 feet, and was proportionally 
thick. It belongs to Artocarpee, and exudes a greenish milk when 
wounded. The bark is stripped off in precisely the same manner as 15 
described by Lindley (Veg. Kingd. 271) for Lepurandra saccifera, 
Nimmo. It is used for caulking canoes, making bags, tangas, bow- 
strings, and a variety of other purposes. 
147. Portion of the trunk of the Mulongé, used on the Rio Negro 
for corks and floats of fishing-lines, for which it is well adapted by its 
softness and lightness. Ihave not yet seen flowers of this; it is a 
small Apocyneous tree, frequent in the gapó, but it is not the Plumeria 
Mulongo, Benth. (which was shown to me as Mulongó on the Tran- 
bétas), and its habit is that of a Peschiera. Stems of this thickness 
are very rare. 
148. Wood (portion of twining stem) of a Menispermea (2192 to 
Bentham) called Addta. The bark and root are considered excellent 
remedies in disorders of the stomach and bowels, internal tumours, 
menstrual obstructions, etc. 
. 149. Small bucket, used on board canoes on the Amazon and Rio 
Negro. It is merely a hollowed cuya, with a handle of piassaba at- 
tached to two crossed bands of netted curaná cloth. 
— 150. Acanga-téra, used by Barré Indians of São Gabriel in their 
dances. Formed of two tiaras united, the one being of plaited Uaruma, 
with feathers of Toucan and down of Mutún, and the other of . . -> 
with the long tail-feathers of the scarlet macaw, tipped with the down 
.. 151. Comb of Uaupé Indians, used for combing out the long hair, 
ca as for hunting the “ Kinas,” which always abound there. (See 
.. 182. Two Ambaiibas, or drums, of the trunk of Cecropia peltata, 
used by the Indians of São Gabriel in their Dabocurts, or festas. They 
have been hollowed out by means of fire, and the lower end closed 
with fresh leaves, beat hard down with a pestle. The performers in 
the dances beat them on the ground in unison with the movements of 
: eir feet. (When the leaves decay and fall out, the drum no longer 
